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Hear Bernie Sanders' Political Views (Not) Evolve Over The Decades

Donna Light/Evan Vucci
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The Bernie Sanders of the 1980s sounded a lot like the Bernie Sanders of today.

Vermont's Independent senator and Democratic presidential hopeful will be kicking off his campaign in earnest on May 26 in Burlington — and his speech may have a familiar ring to it.

Through his 1980s tenure as the mayor of Burlington, his 15 years as a U.S. congressman and his past two terms in the U.S. Senate, on many issues — income inequality, health care, education — Sanders has echoed, well, himself.

Bob Kinzel has been covering the Vermont Statehouse since 1981 — longer than any continuously serving member of the Legislature. With his wealth of institutional knowledge, he answers your questions on our series, "Ask Bob."

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