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| https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=173C742E-C8FF-4D7C-87B4-BE6E36B20CE4 | : News September 9 | 2013-09-09 | 2013 | 2013-09 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News September 9 Monday, September 9, 2013 Senator Sanders International Response Needed on Syria Sen. Bernie Sanders said the United States should work with the world community in responding to Syria’s use of chemical weapons. After more than a decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan “how about coming home and addressing the crisis facing the American people?” Sanders said on MSNBC. “If we want to deal with a crisis, let’s deal with unemployment, let’s deal with health care, let’s deal with education. We have enough on our own hands,” the senator added. LINK, VIDEO Americans Oppose Intervention in Syria Sen. Sanders said that more than nine out of 10 calls and emails to his office over the past week opposed U.S. action in Syria. The senator also said he's worried that the "surgical strike" against Syria could prompt a push for greater U.S. involvement to bring about a regime change, WPTZ-TV reported. Sanders said the public wants Congress to address issues affecting working families, WCAX-TV reported. VIDEO, VIDEO White House Turns up Heat Proponents of striking Syria are banking on getting lawmakers away from anti-war town halls and into classified briefings. Sen. Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, said Democrats he's spoken with feel the tug of party loyalty and not wanting to undercut Obama so publicly. But he told National Journal that such loyalty doesn't typically outweigh overwhelming public opposition. LINK Right-Left Coalition “What the president has to be careful of is what I call the Ted Cruz Bernie Sanders coalition …The anti-war Democrats and Tea Party Republicans voting against this because of their deep held beliefs,” Heidi Pryzybla of Bloomberg News said on Sunday’s broadcast of Capital Gains. VIDEO World Kerry, Assad Trade Warnings Secretary of State John F. Kerry issued a strong challenge in London on Monday to Syrian President Bashar Assad to turn over his chemical weapon stockpile to avoid a US-led attack, The Boston Globe reported. Assad, in an interview withCBS News that aired Monday morning, issued a warning of his own, saying that the United States should “expect every action” if the US attacks Syria, while saying a response might “Not necessarily from the government.” LINK Obama to visit Senate Democrats on Tuesday President Obama will travel to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to help sell his plan for U.S. military strikes on Syria. Just hours before a scheduled national address from the Oval Office Obama will meet with Senate Democrats as he tries to overcome skepticism — or outright opposition — from members of his own party as the Senate prepares to hold critical votes on the Syria use-of-force resolution. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is likely to win a cloture vote on Wednesday, but it is unclear if the Senate will approve the resolution on a final vote after that, Politico reported. LINK Support Wanes for Obama on Syria Congress will be in session on Monday for the first time since the August recess. Debate on Syria could begin in the full Senate this week. White House efforts to convince Congress to back military action against Syria are not only failing, they seem to be stiffening the opposition, according to Reuters. The influential Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee, Mike Rogers, told CBS's "Face the Nation" that the White House had made a "confusing mess" of the Syria issue. LINK National Congress Ignores Jobs The 7.3 percent of Americans unemployed in August was down from 8.1 percent unemployment a year ago, but the improvement is happening slowly and there's no reason to expect Washington to step in and speed things up. Since 2009, Congress hasn't passed major legislation aimed at helping to shrink the nation's massive pool of unemployed, according to National Journal. LINK Congress Puts Off Immigration Reform Congress is likely to postpone consideration of an immigration overhaul until the end of the year, if not longer, because the sudden debate over military action in Syria and a looming face-off with President Obama over the budget and the nation’s borrowing limit have shot to the top of the legislative agenda, The New York Timesreported. LINK Congress Delays Farm Bill The two sides are also jockeying over the farm bill, which was a victim of a conservative revolt over food stamps, The Washington Post reported. LINK Debt Ceiling Debate Now a Sideshow The post-summer period was supposed to have been dedicated to avoiding a government shutdown and addressing the federal borrowing limit, but now the focus is on President Obama's request for congressional approval to take military action in Syria, The Wall Street Journal reported. That means time soaked up by briefings and debate, plus the added tension that comes with a divisive issue like a proposed bombing campaign. LINK NAACP Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Sunday that he plans to step down at the end of the year, The Associated Press reported. LINK Greed, Recklessness and Illegal Behavior Five years after Lehman Brother’s collapse hastened a worldwide economic panic, the government faces lingering questions about the decision to spare executives like Richard S. Fuld Jr., who ran Lehman for 14 years until its demise. Not a single senior executive from any Wall Street bank faced criminal charges from the crisis, either. And the government’s deadline for filing most charges will expire this month, the anniversary of Lehman’s collapse, providing a reminder of the case and its unpopular outcome, according to The New York Times. LINK Obama Got Secret Court to Lift Restrictions on NSA The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according to aWashington Post report based on interviews with government officials and recently declassified material. LINK Vermont State Reaches Deal on Asbestos Mine Cleanup The state has reached a settlement with the owners of an inactive asbestos mine that officials say poses an ongoing pollution threat in two Northern Vermont towns. The mine, in the towns of Eden and Lowell, is the state’s biggest hazardous waste site. Clean-up and mitigation costs could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Without providing specifics on the settlement, Vermont Assistant Attorney General Thea Schwartz told Vermont Public Radio that the settlement reflects the reality that the mine’s owner doesn’t have the resources to pay for the clean-up. LINK Putney Goes Solar Officials in Putney chose a company to build a new solar array that would provide electricity for the town’s buildings. The Brattleboro Reformer reported that Integrated Solar is building a 500-kilowatt solar array in Westminster. Putney will get about 185 kilowatts to provide power for Town Hall, the fire station, garage, public library and wastewater treatment plant. The town expects to save about $4,000 every year by buying the solar power from the developers of the solar array. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |