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| https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=BF4B0DC3-703B-4AFC-A39F-FECB328F6DCC | News September 16 | 2013-09-16 | 2013 | 2013-09 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News September 16 Monday, September 16, 2013 Senator Sanders Summers Out of Running for the Fed Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers withdrew on Sunday from consideration to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke amid fierce opposition from within the Democratic Party over Summers’ role in deregulating Wall Street. “I applaud Larry Summers for withdrawing his name from consideration,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said late Sunday. ''The truth is that it was unlikely he would have been confirmed by the Senate,'' Sanders added in The New York Times, The Washington Postand Reuters and online in The Wall Street Journal. LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK Sanders: Stand Up to Wall Street “What the American people want now is a Fed chairman prepared to stand up to the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, not a Wall Street insider whose deregulation efforts helped pave the way for a horrendous financial crisis and the worst economic downturn in the country since the Great Depression,” Sen. Sanders said in reports by the Los Angeles Times and McClatchy. LINK, LINK Summers Faced Growing Opposition Along with independent Sen. Sanders, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, a member of the Banking Committee, last week became the third Democrat to declare opposition to Summers’ nomination, Bloomberg reported. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, another committee member, reportedly told the administration that she had "serious concerns" about the prospect of a Summers nomination. In August, Warren worked with Sanders on a letter that raised a series of questions for whoever is nominated to chair the Fed, John Nichols blogged for The Nation. LINK House Plans Cuts for Seniors, Children Sen. Sanders said the Senate must call the bluff of the House Republicans demanding deeper cuts on programs designed to help working families,ABC 22 and Fox 44 reported. Under a proposal set for a House vote this week, “more Americans will lose their jobs ... more children will be thrown off of Head Start... more Americans will be unable to afford to send their kids to child care," Sanders said on WPTZ-TV.VIDEO, VIDEO World Syria The Russian-American deal to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal gives President Obama some breathing space after a politically damaging few weeks. But the list of things that could still go wrong is extensive and daunting, according to The New York Times. LINK National Food Stamp Cuts The House this week is expected to weigh a Republican measure to scale back the food stamps program The House GOP bill would cut spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by about $40 billion over 10 years, according to congressional aides from both parties. That is twice the amount that House Republicans aimed to cut as part of a bill scuttled in June amid moves by House conservatives looking to make broader changes,The Wall Street Journal reported. LINK Vermont Vermont to Aid Colorado Flood Recovery Three top officials from the Vermont Agency of Transportation are headed west to help guide Colorado’s road and bridge repair following last week’s deadly and destructive flooding. Gov. Peter Shumlin announced Sunday that Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado asked for Vermont to share the expertise it gained in rebuilding roads and bridges following Tropical Storm Irene, The Associated Press reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |