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The Deeper Dig: Obamacare repeal and Vermont

The audience at a Burlington rally listens to speeches from elected officials, doctors and people who have struggled to afford health care. File photo by Emily Greenberg/VTDigger Last week, Majority...

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House advances gun package as Senate mulls own changes

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. File photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer WASHINGTON — The House advanced a package of changes to federal firearms laws Wednesday that includes a controversial...

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Welch joins majority of House Dems to vote down Trump impeachment

Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., outside the Capitol in Washington. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., voted with the majority of House Democrats Wednesday to kill a...

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Republican rift leads to farm bill defeat in House

Normally an opportunity for bipartisan cooperation, the farm bill was defeated by Republican infighting. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger WASHINGTON — A rift within the House Republican caucus...

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Welch: Congressional opiate package falls short

Rep. Peter Welch. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger WASHINGTON — A package to bolster the federal response to opiate addiction passed the House Friday with strong bipartisan support, though many...

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Democratic Party is blocking access to voter files, candidates say

Democratic candidate for Vermont’s U.S. House seat Dan Freilich at his home in Brownsville. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Candidates challenging Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., in next month’s primary...

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Thousands of Vermonters could lose access to food stamps

John Sayles, chief executive officer of the Vermont Foodbank. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger As Congress works towards a finalized version of a sweeping agriculture bill, there is uncertainty...

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Welch votes to create bipartisan commission to investigate Jan. 6 insurrection

Pro-Trump rioters broke through barricades and clashed with police in an unprecedented and violent disruption of the U.S. Congress on Jan 6. Photo (c) 2021 by Mukul Ranjan U.S. Rep. Peter Welch,...

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Campaign finance reports raise questions about Leahy’s reelection plans

Rep. Peter Welch and Sen. Patrick Leahy. File photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 4 p.m. Campaign finance reports reveal that U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is not raising money at the same pace one...

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Then Again: Consuelo Northrop Bailey’s election became national news

Consuelo Bailey is sworn in as speaker of the Vermont House in January 1953. Her own caption to the photo noted that she “never was happier.” Silver Special Collections Library, University of Vermont...

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Howard Fairman: Vermont can end its streak by electing a woman to Congress

This commentary is by Howard Fairman of Putney, a Vermonter and independent voter who does not personally know any former, current or potential member of Congress. A century since Vermont women were...

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Former congressional aide Sianay Chase Clifford to run for US House

Sianay Chase Clifford. Photo courtesy of the Sianay Chase Clifford Campaign A former aide to U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., announced Tuesday she is jumping into the hotly contested race for...

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3 leading congressional candidates serve together in the Vermont Senate....

From left: Becca Balint, Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Molly Gray. File photos by Mike Doughtery and Riley Robinson/VTDigger Vermonters face an unusual choice in the Democratic primary for the state’s sole...

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VTDigger to host summer debates for secretary of state, lieutenant governor,...

As Vermont prepares for the most competitive election season in years, VTDigger is working to introduce candidates to voters. The nonprofit newsroom plans to host at least four forums this summer as...

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Becca Balint, the Vermont Senate’s self-proclaimed ‘peacemaker,’ wants to...

Photo illustration by Natalie Williams. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger When Vermont lawmakers in 2021 hatched an initial plan to address the state’s looming pension crisis, state employees rang...

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Sianay Chase Clifford drops out of US House race

Sianay Chase Clifford speaks during VTDigger’s debate between U.S. House Democratic primary candidates at the Double E Performance Center in Essex on June 28. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated...

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UNH poll shows Becca Balint with lopsided lead over Molly Gray in Democratic...

Becca Balint, left, and Molly Gray. Photos by Mike Dougherty and Glenn Russell/VTDigger A new poll from the University of New Hampshire suggests that the Democratic primary for the state’s sole U.S....

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Garrison Nelson: This election should end our embarrassing absence of women...

This commentary is by Garrison Nelson, professor emeritus of law, politics and political behavior at the University of Vermont. Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation is the smallest in the...

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In final TV debate, Becca Balint and Molly Gray draw distinctions on criminal...

Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, left, and Lt. Gov. Molly Gray in Johnson on July 28. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Vermont’s sole...

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Vermont GOP declines to back US House nominee Liam Madden

Liam Madden speaks during VTDigger’s debate between U.S. House Republican primary candidates at the Double E Performance Center in Essex on Tuesday, June 28. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The...

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Becca Balint becomes 1st woman to represent Vermont in Congress

Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint celebrates her election to the U.S. Congress during a Vermont Democratic Party gathering in Burlington on Election Day. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...

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As they celebrate their blowout victories, Welch and Balint remain grimly...

The Vermont Democrats, including Becca Balint, left, and Peter Welch, won big in Tuesday’s midterms for the U.S. Senate and House. But their election night celebrations were tinged by an underlying...

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Becca Balint elected to leadership position in US House Progressive Caucus

Becca Balint listens during the Vermont Democratic Party's unity press conference in Montpelier on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint, D-Vt., is...

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Peter Welch sworn into US Senate; Becca Balint in limbo as House Republicans...

Former U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy confers with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch outside the Senate chamber after Welch was sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Photo courtesy of Sen. Welch's office Updated at 5:39 p.m....

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Final Reading: U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint waits ‘to get to work’

A child lies on the floor to watch members of the Vermont House of Representatives take their oaths of office on the first day of the legislative biennium at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday....

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As the US House plays a ‘game of chicken’ over the debt ceiling, Vermonters’...

U.S. House Republicans are holding up a must-pass vote to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling. Vermont’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Becca Balint called the fight a high-stakes “game of chicken.”...

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Vermont Building Trades Council endorses Becca Balint for US House

Becca Balint, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, announces her candidacy for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives at a press conference in Montpelier in December 2021....

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Becca Balint tests positive for Covid days before early voting begins

With just days to go before Vermonters begin casting the first votes in a contentious U.S. House Democratic primary, congressional candidate Becca Balint has tested positive for Covid-19. Balint, a...

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Becca Balint tapped to fill vacancy on blockbuster House Judiciary Committee

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint would be one of the only first-year members to serve on the committee, which has become a key battleground in the Republican-controlled House’s efforts to undermine the Biden...

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‘The chickens coming home to roost’: Balint and fellow Dems join hardline...

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, speaks after touring and visiting with a resident at Zephyr Place in Williston on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger U.S. Rep. Becca...

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