Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Unemployment Insurance: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed a crucial vote on unemployment benefits to give lawmakers more time to negotiate a deal. Lawmakers haggled over how long the emergency benefits, which lapsed on Dec. 28, should last and whether to cut spending elsewhere or raise revenue to pay for the benefits. Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized hypocritical Republicans who extended the same long-term jobless benefits five times without paying for them during the George W. Bush administration, The Huffington Post reported Monday. NSA Surveillance: President Obama is expected on Friday to announce changes in the surveillance practices of the National Security Agency in the wake of leaked files documenting the agencys far-reaching programs. “The NSA is collecting enormous amounts of information,” Sen. Sanders told the Fox Business News program The Independents. He asked the NSA earlier this month if it spies on members of Congress, according to Daily Tech and The Guardian. Citizens United: On the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United, college students across the country will pass student body resolutions against the decision. Sen. Sanders will headline a conference call to kick off the campaign that starts in late January, The Huffington Post reported. US Emissions Up in 2013: Fossil fuel emissions in the United States rose by 2 percent in 2013, according to All Voices. The uptick marks the first increase in U.S. emissions in three years. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Sheldon Whitehouse announced last week plans to create a congressional task force to address climate change. Sen. Sanders is one of more than a dozen colleagues in the group. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/011414
Posted on: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:07:23 +0000
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