This is a pivotal moment in modern American history. The entire legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society programs that we have fought for, supported and expanded – the programs that make life more secure for not only the poor, but for the middle class in America – is under savage attack. I want to take this opportunity to give you a brief update of what’s going on in Washington, what I’ve been focusing on, and how we’ve got to work together to defeat the growing right-wing Republican attacks against the working families of our country. Also, as perhaps the most progressive member of the U.S. Senate, I am writing to ask for your financial and political support. I will be running for reelection in 2012 and there is no question but that the big money interests – Wall Street, the insurance companies, the drug companies, the big banks and hedge funds, the military-industrial complex, etc. – will do all they can to defeat me. Their job is made easier by the disastrous “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision that enables corporations to contribute as much as they want without disclosure. I intend to mount a vigorous grassroots campaign in Vermont in support of the work I’ve done, and your financial and political help will make that possible. → Read More