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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP) Act, legislation led by U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), to block President Trump’s unlawful March 31, 2026, executive order (EO) that aims to illegally rewrite federal election rules or any similar order and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) this week led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in reintroducing the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s tenure at the U.S. Postal Service was a disaster for Vermont residents and postal workers alike. DeJoy and the national management of the USPS failed to promptly reopen a fully-functioning Post Office in downtown Montpelier following the July…

By Lisa Rathke, AP News MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s capital city of Montpelier is finally getting a new post office, 15 months after catastrophic flooding inundated the downtown, officials announced. A grand opening celebration is planned for Saturday at the location at 89 Main Street, the…