Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Budget Conference: Members of the newly empaneled budget conference committee are expected to hold their first public meeting next Wednesday. Ahead of the negotiations, Republicans have said they believe there is room to negotiate because Democrats want to undo or replace some or all of sequestration and the Republicans want curbs on entitlement programs. Sens. Bernard Sanders and Tom Harkin have argued in the past against the idea of cutting entitlements, Congressional Quarterly reported. Older Americans: A Senate committee is scheduled to mark up legislation next week to reauthorize programs that provide services for seniors, but a key Republican has yet to endorse the proposal. The Older Americans Act reauthorization bill was introduced by Sen. Sanders with the top Democrat and Republican on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as co-sponsors. Notably absent from that list is Richard Burr, the top Republican on Sanders’ subcommittee on aging, Congressional Quarterly reported. Jobs: The government’s report on September employment came out Tuesday, delayed by the shutdown. “The furious debate over the budget did not concern our ongoing unemployment tragedy. The meme on the right is that millions are “takers” who won’t work. Yet three people are chasing every job opening. Corporations are sitting on record cash and profits, but they are not hiring at the rates of previous post-World War II recessions. The meme on the left…does it matter? America has little of a true elected left aside from Bernie Sanders,” Jon Talton blogged for The Seattle Times. CEO Pay Rises, Breaks Records: For the first time ever, the 10 top-paid chief executives in the United States received more than $100 million in payment last year, according to a leading annual survey cited by The Guardian. The report shows that CEO pay continued its rise as the gap between executive and worker pay widened. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/102313
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:51:33 +0000
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