{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/102516", "News October 25", "2016-10-25", "2016", "2016-10", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "News October 25\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, October 25, 2016\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tA Thorn in Hillary\u2019s Side Sen. Bernie Sanders, a loyal soldier for Hillary Clinton since he conceded the Democratic presidential nomination in July, plans to push liberal legislation with like-minded senators with or without Clinton\u2019s support if she is elected\u2014 and to aggressively oppose appointments that do not pass muster with the party\u2019s left wing, The Washington Post reported.\u00a0\r\nAT&T-Time Warner Shares in AT&T and Time Warner fell on Monday as Wall Street investors expressed concerns that political and regulatory roadblocks may thwart AT&T\u2019s $85bn takeover of the Hollywood movie studio and owner of CNN and HBO, The Guardian and Minnesota Public Radio reported. Sanders said the government should \u201ckill\u201d the deal as it would lead to higher prices and less choice for customers, NBC News reported.\r\nComplicated Future If Clinton wins the election and Democrats also carry the Senate, she would have more leeway in getting through nominees for top jobs. Liberals with ties to Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sander have already started outlining specific people they're hoping end up in senior posts at the White House and agencies, The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Vanity Fair reported. Sanders and Warren have both crisscrossed the country for Clinton.\r\nWorld\r\nAleppo Syrian government forces and their allies on Monday captured strategic high ground in embattled Aleppo as Russia \u2014 a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad \u2014 said it was not planning more \u201chumanitarian pauses\u201d in the fighting in the city\u2019s eastern, rebel-held districts, The Associated Press reported.\r\nNational\u00a0\r\nCost of Health Plans to Rise Premiums for midlevel health plans under the Affordable Care Act will increase by an average of 25 percent next year, while consumers in some states will find significantly fewer insurance companies offering coverage, the federal government said Monday, The New York Times reported. But the Obama administration said three-fourths of consumers would still be able to find plans for less than $100 a month with the help of federal subsidies.\u00a0\r\nVermont\r\nTeachers\u2019 Union Contract The Burlington teachers union ratified a tentative employment agreement Monday afternoon, possibly putting an end to 15 months of bitter negotiations over a one-year contract with the School Board, The Burlington Free Press reported.", 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://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/102516"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.304267207160592, "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"}