{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=CECCCC02-FDA2-433D-81F6-3003FAC186A8", "News September 3", "2013-09-03", "2013", "2013-09", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "News September 3\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\tTuesday, September 3, 2013\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tSenator Sanders Syria\u00a0President Obama and his supporters on Capitol Hill will have to overcome broad skepticism about the merits of military strikes against Syria. It is possible they will lose some liberal senators, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats,\u00a0USA Today\u00a0reported online. Sanders said Saturday that that he wants to hear from Obama why it is in \u201cthe best interests of the United States to intervene in Syria's bloody and complicated civil war.\u201d\u00a0 Vermont's congressional delegation is taking a wait-and-see stance, according to online reports by\u00a0vtdigger.org\u00a0and\u00a0Seven Days.\u00a0LINK,\u00a0LINK,\u00a0LINK\r\nWorld\r\nIsrael Tests Missile in Mediterranean\u00a0Tensions over Syria ratcheted up a notch on Tuesday after Russia's Defense Ministry said it detected traces of ballistic \"objects\" \u2014 now claimed by Israel \u2014 launched from an area in the central Mediterranean and moving in an easterly direction. After some initial confusion over who was responsible, the Israeli military said it was behind the launch, saying it was carrying out a joint missile test with the United States,\u00a0USA Today\u00a0reported from Jerusalem.\u00a0LINK\r\nU.S. Wary of Pakistan\u00a0Top-secret budget documents reveal an intense focus on Pakistan. A 178-page summary of the U.S. intelligence community\u2019s \u201cblack budget\u201d shows that the United States has ramped up its surveillance of Pakistan\u2019s nuclear arms, cites previously undisclosed concerns about biological and chemical sites there, and details efforts to assess the loyalties of counter\u00adterrorism sources recruited by the CIA,\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0reported.\u00a0LINK\r\nNational\r\nObama Presses Congress on Syria\u00a0The Obama administration launched a campaign to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Syria. Officials said they are willing to rewrite the proposed resolution to clarify that any operation would be limited and not include ground troops.\u00a0Secretary of State John Kerry told House Democrats that the United States faced a \u201cMunich moment,\u201d a reference to the 1938 agreement between Adolf Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.\u00a0After meeting with the president Monday at the White House, Sen. John McCain warned of \u201ccatastrophic\u201d consequences if Congress rejects the resolution.\u00a0LINK\r\nSenate Foreign Relations Panel Meeting on Syria\u00a0Secretary of State Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey are slated to appear Tuesday before Senate Foreign Relations as Congress begins reviewing the Obama administration\u2019s draft resolution to authorize the use of force in response to the chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21 by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,\u00a0Congressional Quarterly\u00a0reported.\u00a0LINK\r\nSyria Vote Sets Up Republican Clash\u00a0The Congressional vote on whether to strike Syria will offer the best insight yet on which wing of the Republican Party \u2014 the traditional hawks, or a growing bloc of noninterventionists \u2014 has the advantage in the fierce internal debates over foreign policy that have been taking place all year,The New York Times\u00a0reported.\u00a0LINK\r\nFood Labels\u00a0A senior scientist at the Consumers Union, the policy division of \"Consumer Reports,\" is scheduled to speak to a group of New Hampshire lawmakers about proposed legislation requiring the clear labeling of genetically modified foods,\u00a0The Associated Pressreported.\u00a0LINK\r\nVermont\r\nSchool Meals\u00a0Gov. Peter Shumlin and Education Secretary Armando Vilaseca plan to announce a new Vermont initiative to make free, school-based breakfasts and lunches available to more low-income students. The federal government provides funding for free or reduced-priced lunches depending on the income level of the student's family,\u00a0AP\u00a0reported.LINK\r\nHoward Dean\u00a0Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean made waves when he spoke at an AFL-CIO conference in Iowa last month.\u00a0 Gov. Dean also has another speech scheduled for Se ptember 23 at the Saint Anselm College New Hampshire Institute of Politics. Despite the speaking engagements in the first states to hold a caucus and primary, Dean told\u00a0Vermont Public Radio\u00a0another bid for the White House is unlikely.\u00a0LINK", 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=CECCCC02-FDA2-433D-81F6-3003FAC186A8"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7619389798492193, "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"}