{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/112814", "News November 28", "2014-11-28", "2014", "2014-11", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "News November 28\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\tFriday, November 28, 2014\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tSenator Sanders\r\nTreasury Nominee's Wall Street Prowess a Vulnerability\u00a0President Barack Obama\u2019s nominee to be under secretary of the Treasury for domestic finance, Antonio Weiss, has drawn opposition from Senate progressives from his work on corporate tax inversion deals,\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0reported. Some Senate Democrats\u00a0say Mr. Weiss\u2019s confirmation by the Senate would send the wrong signal about whether Democrats can advance the economic prospects of the struggling middle class.\u00a0\u201cThe American people are profoundly disappointed with the fraud they read about every day coming from Wall Street,\u201d said Sen. Bernie Sanders. \u201cThey are disgusted that instead of investing in the American economy, they are busy trying to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, and the American people want people in the Treasury Department who are prepared to hold Wall Street accountable.\u201d\u00a0LINK\u00a0\u00a0\r\nWorld\r\nE.U. Passes Resolution to Break Up Google Europe\u2019s resentment of the American technology giant\u00a0Google reached a new noise level on Thursday as the\u00a0European Parliament\u00a0passed a nonbinding vote to break up the company. Although merely symbolic \u2014 the resolution carries no legal weight \u2014 the move came the day after a separate European body sought to further expand citizens\u2019 \u201cright to be forgotten\u201d privacy protections against\u00a0Google, The New York Times reported. LINK\r\nIraq\u00a0After learning hard lessons rebuilding foreign militaries over the past dozen years, the U.S. military is shifting its strategy against the Islamic State, choosing to train a smaller number of Iraqi soldiers rather than trying to stand up an entire army anew,\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0reported.\u00a0LINK\r\nPope in Turkey Pope Francis is visiting Turkey at a sensitive moment for the Muslim nation, as it cares for 1.6 million refugees and weighs how to deal with the Islamic State group as its fighters grab chunks of Syria and Iraq across Turkey's southern border, The Associated Press reported. LINK\r\nNational\r\nWal-Mart Workers Vow Black Friday Protests\u00a0Protesters are expected to gather outside 1,600 Walmart stores across the country as the retailer launches doorbuster deals for Black Friday,\u00a0CNN\u00a0reported. The demonstrators\u00a0are calling for higher wages (a minimum of $15 an hour) and fair schedules.\u00a0LINK\r\nOil Near Four-Year Low Oil traded near its lowest price in four years and energy stocks sank after OPEC refrained from reducing output. Bond gains sent yields from Japan to Germany to record lows, and the dollar strengthened, Bloomberg reported. LINK\r\nImmigration Scams Advocacy groups are responding to President Obama\u2019s immigration action by warning about scams. For decades, immigrants have fallen victim to attorneys and consultants who disappear with their money or give bad advice that may land them in deportation proceedings, The Washington Post reported. LINK\r\nVermont\r\nThanksgiving Storms Sweep Northeast\u00a0The first major snowstorm of the season left more than 300,000 customers in northern New England without power, forcing many to make last-minute changes to their Thanksgiving plans,\u00a0The Associated Press\u00a0reported.\u00a0In Vermont, Orwell had 16 inches, St. Johnsbury had 11.2 inches and South Burlington had 8.4 inches.\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://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/112814"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.266219886019826, "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"}