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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/103015 | News October 30 | 2015-10-30 | 2015 | 2015-10 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News October 30 Friday, October 30, 2015 Senator Sanders Death PenaltySen. Bernie Sanders called Thursday for an end to the death penalty. We are all shocked and disgusted by some of the horrific murders that we see in this country, seemingly every week, said Sanders, according toThe Associated Press,The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Hill, ThinkProgress and USA Today. And that is precisely why we should abolish the death penalty. At a time of rampant violence and murder, the state should not be part of that process.LINK,LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK MarijuanaOn Wednesday, Sen. Sanders took a truly historic position by voicing support for removing marijuana from the US drug schedules and ending prohibition at the federal level. But more than making history, Sanders took the only position on marijuana that's actually consistent with states' rights,Vox, The Atlantic,The Washington Post,The Associated Press,The Christian Science Monitor, Alternet,Vermont Public Radioand Reuters reported. LINK,LINK, LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK, LINK Postal BankingSen. Sanders has a big idea for turning post offices back into banks,The Washington Postreported. That's because he sees them as a place where the 68 million low-income Americans who currently rely on payday lenders and costly cash checking services could manage their affairs less expensively, (and banking might help the beleaguered Postal Service's bottom line as well.)LINK World Syria Peace Talks When Secretary of State John Kerry sits down here Friday to push for a political settlement of the Syrian war, the immediate tension will surround his dealings with the Russians and the Iranians. But the bigger challenge may well be reconciling the Saudis and the Iranians, longtime rivals who have turned Syria into the main battlefield in a broadening proxy war for dominance in the Middle East, The New York Times reported. LINK American Arrested in Iran ran has arrested another American holding dual citizenship, bringing to four the number of Iranian Americans imprisoned in Tehran after they came under suspicion by hard-line security forces. Siamak Namazi, a businessman based in Dubai who is in his early 40s, was arrested earlier this month when he was visiting a friend in Tehran, The Washington Post reported. LINK National Senate Passes Budget The Senate approved a crucial bipartisan budget agreement early on Friday that would avert a government default and stands to end nearly five years of pitched battles between congressional Republicans and the Obama administration over fiscal policy, The New York Times reported. LINK Clinton Calls for Equal Sentencing Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is calling for equal treatment in sentencing drug offenders who use crack and powder cocaine, part of her agenda for overhauling the criminal justice system. Shes also reiterating her support for a ban on racial profiling by law enforcement officials, The Wall Street Journal reported. LINK Vermont Health Exchange Gov. Peter Shumlin said Thursday that he is cautiously optimistic the states dysfunctional health exchange will be able handle open enrollment smoothly for the first time since the website was launched in October 2013, VT Digger reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |