Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Court Rules Against Women: “Bosses should not be able to impose their religious beliefs on their employees,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said on WPTZ-TV after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that two Christian-owned companies do not have to pay for insurance coverage for contraception. “There is no valid reason to restrict a womans access to safe, widely-used preventive services simply because her employer does not approve,” Sanders said on WVNY-TV. Sanders, who joined a group of senators in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, called the ruling “another attack on the rights of working people by the 5-4 conservative majority on the Supreme Court,” the Times Argus and Rutland Herald reported. Court Rules Against Unions: The Supreme Court dealt a blow to organized labor on Monday by ruling that some government employees did not have to pay any fees to the unions representing them. Sen. Sanders, a longtime backer of organized labor, criticized the decision, the Burlington Free Press reported. He condemned the ruling as “another attack on the rights of workers to collectively bargain for higher wages and decent benefits,” the Christian Science Monitor and VTDigger reported. Obama Nominates VA Secretary: President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Robert McDonald, the former chairman of Procter & Gamble, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Sanders said he looks forward to meeting McDonald next week, Air Force Times, Fox News, and VT Digger reported. Senate Veterans Chairman Surprised by Pick: Sen. Sanders told The New York Times that he was surprised by the pick, which he said was made “I presume because of his management skills.” Those are important, Sanders added, but more critical will be McDonald’s approach to fixing the VA, which Sanders said needs more accountability and transparency — and more doctors. Read more: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/070114
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:22:14 +0000
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