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In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Vermont’s two U.S. senators voted against a $95 billion spending package slated to dispense billions of dollars in aid to foreign allies, including Israel and Ukraine. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., cited Israel’s ongoing war…

Senator Peter Welch and Co-Founder Sacsha Mayer during his Monday, January 29th tour of the Springfield Mamava Plant. SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Sen. Peter Welch paid another visit to Mamava manufacturing, impressed again by their creativity and job creation in the area. The business produces freestanding…

Flood waters remain on the destroyed fields at the Intervale Community Farm, July 17, 2023, in Burlington, Vt. Legislation introduced in December 2023 by Vermont U.S. Sens. Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and senators from Massachusetts, aims to create an insurance program better suited to…

Fixes Medicare ‘No Transport’ Loop Hole Sen. Peter Welch speaks with EMS directors during a visit last week to the White River Valley Ambulance headquarters in Bethel, where he announced the introduction of a bill aimed at closing a financial gap from “no-transport” calls. (Herald…

US lawmakers are mobilizing to prevent abrupt price hikes on millions of Americans’ internet bills, announcing new legislation to rescue a popular government program that’s set to run out of funding this spring. The previously unreported bipartisan legislation expected Wednesday in both the House and…

“It’s astonishing. It really is,” U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said Monday. “If they don’t respond to two U.S. senators and a representative … how does that make everyday people feel that their government is working for them?” Ben Doyle of the Montpelier Commission for…