The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won't be looking over their shoulder. Everybody wants to fight terrorism, but we have to do it in away that protects American freedom.

Before serving in the Senate he represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives and served as Mayor of Burlington the largest city in Vermont. Congressional history. Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments but because he does not belong to a formal political party he appears as an independent on the ballot.