Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Wall Streeters to Regulate Wall Street: The Senate on Tuesday confirmed three nominees for seats on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Sen. Bernie Sanders joined 42 Republicans and three Democrats in voting against Wall Street lawyer Sharon Y. Bowen, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and The New York Times reported. We need regulators who will have the courage to stop the largest Wall Street banks in this country from driving up oil prices in the energy futures market, Sanders said after the roll call vote. Then by voice votes Timothy Massad was confirmed to head the regulatory agency and brokerage executive J. Christopher Giancarlo got Senate approval to fill a Republican seat on the five-member commission. Worker-Owned Businesses: Sen. Sanders introduced legislation on Monday to provide federal assistance to workers who want to form their own businesses and owners who want to sell businesses to their employees, WPTZ-TV reported. Sanders and McCain Set Meeting on VA: Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sanders and Sen. John McCain of Arizona will try to hammer out a deal to offer veterans more medical options. Sanders and McCain are scheduled to meet privately Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. McCain told Bloomberg that he plans to meet with Sanders about Republicans’ proposal to let veterans see private doctors. Sanders wants to give veterans the option of going to community health centers and military hospitals, WBZ-TV in Boston reported. VA Reform: Sen. Sanders is working with other lawmakers looking for ways to get veterans on long waiting lists at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics health care outside the VA system, The Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, UPI, Military Times, CBS News, The Fiscal Times, VTDigger and The Times-Picayune reported. Sanders told Vermont Public Radio he has “been working night and day” to gain Republican support for his measure. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/060414
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:08:23 +0000
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