{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=88EE712F-4C6E-4664-AED7-006E0214FDCD", "News September 15", "2013-09-15", "2013", "2013-09", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "News September 15\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSunday, September 15, 2013\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tSenator Sanders Syria\u00a0WCAX-TV\u00a0examined whether President Obama could undertake military action against Syria without the approval of Congress. In Vermont, according to the report broadcast on Sunday, Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch have said more debate is needed, and they're waiting to see the outcome of a potential diplomatic solution in the United Nations. Sen. Bernie Sanders said he's also waiting for that but does not want to involve the United States in a bloody and complicated civil war.\u00a0LINK,\u00a0VIDEO\r\nBurlington\u00a0James Fallows, writing about American cities for\u00a0The Atlantic, is visiting Burlington, Vt., a town of 40,000+ people where now-U.S. Sen. Sanders got his start as mayor, where power on the city council is split between Democrats and Progressive party members, and a town that is the home of the University of Vermont but that does not include a single McDonald's outlet.\u00a0LINK\r\nWorld U.S., Russia Agree on Syrian Chemical Weapons\u00a0The United States and Russia agreed Saturday on a plan to bring Syrian chemical weapons under international control, a rare diplomatic victory in a brutal civil war that appears to head off a punitive U.S. military strike on Syria in the near future. In announcing the deal, Secretary of State John F. Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, said the agreement would be backed by a U.N. Security Council resolution that could allow for sanctions or other consequences if Syria fails to comply,The Washington Post\u00a0reported from Geneva.\u00a0LINK\r\nNational The Fed\u00a0The chances that Larry H. Summers, said to be President Barack Obama\u2019s favored candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, would win confirmation are falling sharply as Democrats come out against the possible nomination of the former Treasury Secretary. Jon Tester would vote against Summers in committee if the president nominated him, his office said on Friday. Earlier, another Banking Democrat, Sen. Sherrod Brown, told\u00a0CQ Roll Call\u00a0he would \u201clikely\u201d vote against Summers\u2019 nomination in committee. Sen. Jeff Merkley is a likely \u201cno\u201d vote as well.\u00a0LINK\r\nVermont\r\nPentagon Considers Vermont for Missile Defense Site\u00a0The Vermont congressional delegation\u2019s opposition to basing \u00a0a missile defense site is Jericho is inconsistent with its support for basing F-35 fighter jets in Vermont because both would will bring jobs, South Burlington City Council member Rosanne Greco said on\u00a0Vermont Public Television. \u201cIt\u2019s unlikely this will ever happen. The military itself has said it doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Seven Days\u2019 Paul Heintz said of the missile site proposal.\u00a0LINK\r\nFood Stamp Penalties\u00a0The state of Vermont has had to pay about half a million dollars in penalties to the federal government because of high error rates in its food assistance program. \u201cBut low-income Vermonters who rely on food assistance are the ones who have borne the brunt of the state\u2019s inefficiencies,\u201d according to a\u00a0Rutland Herald\u00a0and\u00a0Times Argus\u00a0editorial. Gov. Shumlin, the editorial added, \u201chas little sensitivity.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=88EE712F-4C6E-4664-AED7-006E0214FDCD"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6453138086944818, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}