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https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=A4D2F0CC-DD85-4DF7-A49A-418D1FB9A5DA : News September 4 2013-09-04 2013 2013-09 Independent House VT Bernard Sanders S000033 sanders.senate.gov     legacy News September 4 Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Senator Sanders Syria The Senate Foreign Relations Committee could vote today on authorizing the use of force in Syria after the panel's top members drafted a resolution late Tuesday that permits President Obama to order a "limited and tailored" military mission against Syria. Republican and Democratic leaders in the House on Tuesday backed an attack on Syria. The Senate was “all over the map” according to Politico, which said Sen. Bernie Sanders was seen as a potential ‘no’ vote. Sanders said on WAMC-FM that he wants to know why “it is in the best interests of the United States to intervene in Syria's bloody and complicated civil war.” Radio host Thom Hartmann said Sanders may block military intervention. Time called Sanders “part of the antiwar left.” In a Rutland Herald letter to the editor, Judy and Michael Olinick pleaded for the Vermont congressional delegation to “please do all you can to dissuade Obama and John Kerry from this criminal folly.” LINK, LINK,LINK, LINK, VIDEO ‘Something Rare in America’ Sen. Sanders, who will headline this weekend’s Fighting Bob Fest in Madison, Wis., is proud to talk about his proposals “to reform the tax code in a way that protects the middle class, working families, and the most vulnerable while making sure that the wealthiest Americans and most profitable corporations pay their fair share.” Other senators may want to operate in secret, but Sanders is proud to discuss his plans. That’s what makes Sanders something rare in America: a senator who has good ideas — and the courage to advance them, publicly and without apology,” John Nichols wrote in The Capital Times.LINK Congress on Twitter According to New York Magazine, 97 percent of members of Congress now have an official presence on Twitter. A chart showed that Sen. Sanders leads members of the Senate Democratic caucus with more than 170,000 followers. LINK World Syrian Refugees Ongoing civil war fighting in Syria has forced more than 2 million people out of the country and more than 4 million others are displaced within its borders, according to a United Nations report cited by CBS News. LINK U.S. May Step up Rebel Support The Obama administration is considering putting the Pentagon in charge of arming and training moderate rebel forces in Syria, a move that could help expand the effort significantly beyond the limited scope of the current Central Intelligence Agency program, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. LINK Obama Opens Foreign Trip President Obama is seeking to use a 24-hour visit to this Swedish capital to show a softer side of American diplomacy even as the world's gaze remains fixed anxiously on Syria. He intends to focus in the Nordic nation on climate change, trade and technology, a trio of issues on which there is broad consensus with European allies. The president arrived Wednesday morning in Stockholm after an overnight flight from Washington.LINK National Senate Syria Resolution Would Limit Obama to 90 Days Members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee hammered out a deal on Tuesday evening that would set a 60-day deadline for military action in Syria, with one 30-day extension possible, according to a draft of the resolution. The proposal, drafted by Sens. Robert Menendez and Bob Corker, also would bar the involvement of U.S. ground forces in Syria, according to USA Today. LINK Kerry, Hagel Lay Out Objectives in Senate Hearing Appearing before a Senate panel on Tuesday, Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel struggled at times to frame a proposed military strike on Syria as tough enough to be worthwhile but limited enough to guarantee that the United States would not get dragged into another open-ended military commitment in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported. LINK House Leaders Endorse Strikes Top Republicans have endorsed President Barack Obama's plan for limited United States strikes on Syria in the wake of chemical attacks on Syrian citizens, Reuters reported. House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Canter voiced their support. LINK Energy Debate Postponed Debate on an energy-efficiency bill in the Senate has been delayed by the situation over Syria, The Hill reportrf. The energy bill is next up on the Senate's agenda after Syria, according to a pair of Democratic Senate aides. LINK Southern Democrats As Democrats try to curtail GOP dominance in the South, the party’s top recruits for 2014 elections are trying to sell themselves as problem sol­vers above Washington’s partisan grid­lock. They’re casting the Republicans’ anti­government mantra and emphasis on so­cial issues like abortion and gay marriage as ideological obstacles to progress on “bread-and-butter” issues like public edu­cation, infrastructure and health care, The Associated Press reported. Vermont Safer Schools State officials announced Tuesday progress on a plan to require that emergency 911 calls from classroom phones provide detailed location information at emergency call centers, the Burlington Free Press reported. Police have been visiting schools and making test calls. The upgraded system will allow emergency responders to note accurate location information even if the caller cannot speak. LINK    F-35s Three Burlington city councilors plan to introduce a four-page resolution opposing the basing of the Air Force's F-35 fighter jets the city, the Free Press reported. LINK 1 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z