Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Raise the Wage: As fast-food workers plan another one-day strike on Thursday in cities around the country, President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday to focus his final three years in office on income inequality in the U.S., and called for an increase in the federal minimum wage. Sen. Bernie Sanders told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts that the president should rally the American people to demand a minimum-wage increase. In a radio interview on The Ed Schultz Show, Sanders said the president and the public should put real pressure on the “do-nothing” Congress to take action. Community Health Centers: Sen. Sanders announced Wednesday that three new community health centers will come to the state in Arlington, Bristol and Randolph. The centers provide both medical and dental care. Nearly 160,000 Vermonters, one-quarter of the state’s total population, utilize the health center network giving Vermont one of the highest participation rates in the country, Sanders said on WPTZ-TV. “If American moves as aggressively as Vermont does, the health care outcomes will be a hell of a lot better and we think we’re going to save money as well,” Sanders said on Vermont Public Radio. The new centers bring the total in the state to 11, WCAX-TV reported. Social Security: “As budget negotiations grind on inconclusively in Washington, let us make the case for deficit reduction — by increasing Social Security benefits. The deficit we have in mind is the growing gap between what millions of Americans need for retirement income and what they will have available when the time comes ... [Sen. Elizabeth Warren] argues, correctly we think, that modest adjustments to the program would keep it solvent for many years, and even allow for expanded benefits, something a few senators, including Sanders, are advocating,” according to a Valley News editorial. Sanders for President?: Sen. Sanders says he is considering a run for the White House in order to bring important political issues to the foreground which too many in Congress ignore, according to WPTZ-TV. Bernies a viable presence, if not necessarily a viable candidate, observed University of Vermont political scientist Garrison Nelson. I think hes frustrated by the compromises that the Obama people have made in order to placate Republicans. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/120513/
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:19:19 +0000
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