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Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007. The longest-serving Independent in congressional history, he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990 and caucuses with the Democratic Party, enabling his appointment to congressional committees and at times giving Democrats a majority.\n', '

Sanders was born and raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, and attended Brooklyn College before graduating from the University of Chicago in 1964. While a student he was an active protest organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement. A self-described democratic socialist and progressive, Sanders is pro-labor and emphasizes reversing economic inequality. He advocates for generous social benefits such as universal healthcare, paid parental leave, and tuition-free tertiary education. An advocate of workplace democracy, Sanders has introduced the Workplace Democracy Act in both the House and Senate several times since 1992. It would allow employees to establish collective bargaining agreements through card check with the support of the National Labor Relations Board. The 2018 version would also prevent employers from defining employees as independent contractors, particularly in the gig economy. On foreign policy, Sanders broadly supports reducing military spending, pursuing more diplomacy and international cooperation, and renegotiating international trade agreements such as NAFTA, CAFTA, and PNTR with China to address labor and environmental concerns. He was also a strong opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.\n', '

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