Bernie Sanders is a politician.
Bernie Sanders . Sanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee in January 2015 ; he had previously been chair of the Senate Veterans ' Affairs Committee for two years . In November 2016 , Sanders 's book Our Revolution : A Future to Believe In was released ; upon its release , it was on The New York Times best-seller list at number 3 . Our Revolution is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders ' 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work .