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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…

BURLINGTON, VT – Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in reaction to Israel’s Supreme Court striking down a component of the divisive judicial overhaul led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government intended to undermine an independent judiciary and remove the Court’s ability to overturn government decisions deemed ‘unreasonable’: “Israel’s Supreme Court…

Sen. Peter Welch was in the nation’s capitol today delivering opening remarks to a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee as he tries to get more funding as the state continues to recover from the summer’s floods. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Washington, D.C. –…

A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, to take on the "deadly rise" of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, in the nation's illicit drug supply − including in Vermont − will soon be signed into law by President Joe Biden, according to a news release. The bipartisan…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow people convicted of a felony to vote in federal elections, a proposal that if enacted could restore the voting rights of millions of people in U.S. elections. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Sen.…

Vermont Senator Peter Welch (file) Vermont Senator Peter Welch spoke about global issues this week in Washington as a featured guest of the United States Institute of Peace. The Institute is an independent non-partisan organization founded by Congress in 1984that works to prevent and mitigate discord across…