WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference presenting petitions to Congress signed by more than a hundred thousand seniors nationwide September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The petitions urge passage by Congress of a $250 one-time Cost of Living Adjustment Payment in 2010. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference presenting petitions to Congress signed by more than a hundred thousand seniors nationwide September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The petitions urge passage by Congress of a $250 one-time Cost of Living Adjustment Payment in 2010.

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  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference presenting petitions to Congress signed by more than a hundred thousand seniors nationwide September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The petitions urge passage by Congress of a $250 one-time Cost of Living Adjustment Payment in 2010.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference presenting petitions to Congress signed by more than a hundred thousand seniors nationwide September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The petitions urge passage by Congress of a $250 one-time Cost of Living Adjustment Payment in 2010.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference presenting petitions to Congress signed by more than a hundred thousand seniors nationwide September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The petitions urge passage by Congress of a $250 one-time Cost of Living Adjustment Payment in 2010.
  4. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., head for the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, after the weekly policy luncheons.
  5. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., preside over a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the current crisis in the dairy industry at St. Albans City Hall in St. Albans, Vt, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. The head of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division said on Saturday she has launched an investigation to determine whether giant milk processors are unfairly squeezing the nation's dairy farmers, who are experiencing their lowest prices in more than a quarter century.
  6. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., preside over a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the current crisis in the dairy industry at St. Albans City Hall in St. Albans, Vt, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. The head of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division said on Saturday she has launched an investigation to determine whether giant milk processors are unfairly squeezing the nation's dairy farmers, who are experiencing their lowest prices in more than a quarter century.
  7. Jackie Schmelzer of Morrisville, a real estate broker, center, holds a signs during a protest outside St. Albans City Hall in St. Albans, Vt. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. Santerre and a dozen others hoped to make their opinions known to Sen. Patrick Leahy D-Vt. and Senator Bernie Sanders who held a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the current crisis in the dairy industry.
  8. US President Barack Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and members of the US Congress look on October 28, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
  9. Pakistani Shiite Muslims carry a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  10. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man torches an US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  11. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man carries a burning US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  12. The seat of US Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, remains empty on September 10, 2009 at the Congressional Oversight Committee at the US Capitol. Wilson yelled 'You lie' at US President Barack Obama on September 9 during his speech to the US Congress. Wilson has apologized for the remark.
  13. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) (Top R) and U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (Front R) before the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's health care reform speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009.
  14. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: Members of the US Congress enter the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for the funeral of Senator Edward Kennedy August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, youngest sibling to brothers President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer August 25.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Executive Board Member of Friends of Caritas Cubana Ignacio Sosa testifies before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.

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