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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/110515 | News November 5 | 2015-11-05 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News November 5 Thursday, November 5, 2015 Keep It in the Ground ActSen. Bernie Sanders introduced a new climate bill that would ban all new fossil fuel development on US federal lands and terminate current leases that aren't producing,Mother Jones,The Guardian, Vox, The Huffington PostandReutersreported. The bill, called the "Keep It In The Ground Act," would ban offshore drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic and the Atlantic and would stop new leases for offshore drilling in the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico.LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK,LINK, VIDEO MarijuanaSen. Sanders introduced legislation on Wednesday that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana, removing the drug from the federal governments list of the most dangerous substances a move that distinguishes the Democratic presidential hopeful from the other candidates in the race,CNN, The Guardian, VPR,VICE,The Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed, The Daily Beast and The Huffington Postreported.Pro-legalization groups are marking Sanderss legislation as a milestone: the first time such a bill has been introduced in the chamber. "A growing majority of Americans want states to be able to enact their own marijuana laws without harassment from the DEA, and lawmakers should listen," said Tom Angell, founder of Marijuana Majority.LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK, LINK Keystone XLSen. Sanders is pushing the White House to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline immediately to strengthen the U.S. hand going into the upcoming Paris climate talks, The Associated Press and The Hill reported. We need aggressive action in every way, Sanders said at a Wednesday press conference.I would hope very much that President Obama will stand up as soon as possible and say that the Keystone pipeline is a no-brainer, that you do not extract and transport some of the dirtiest fuel on Earth, end of discussion.LINK, LINK Pacific Trade PactThe Obama administration released the full text of a 12-nation Pacific Rim free-trade accord on Thursday, launching what is expected to be a long and bruising fight to win final ratification in Congress for one of the presidents top priorities. Sanders is against the trade accord, The Washington Post reported. LINK Turing PharmaceuticalsA Senate committee launched an investigation Wednesday into exorbitant drug price hikes by Turing Pharmaceuticals and three other companies, responding to public anxiety over rising prices for critical medicines, The Associated Pressand Business Insider reported. Sen. Sanders has laid out plans to use federal authority to curb price increases.LINK, LINK World Syria Two top U.S. diplomats said Wednesday that 85 to 90 percent of Russian air strikes in Syria have killed moderate opposition forces and civilians and that Moscow's intervention has done little to stop Islamic State militants, The Associated Press reported. LINK National TPP Text Released Details of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal released Thursday set the stage for a raucous debate in the U.S. Congress but also may provide reassurances to those who worried the agreement could gut protections for the environment, public health and labor. The text of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries including Japan and Mexico runs to 30 chapters and hundreds of pages. It is mind-boggling in its detail, laying out plans for the handling of trade in everything from zinc dust to railway sleepers and live eels, The Associated Press reported. LINK Americans Sour on Obama Foreign Policy Americans are souring on President Barack Obama's approach to fighting the Islamic State, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that also found deep pessimism about U.S. prospects for success in Afghanistan and uncertainty about Obama's plan to leave thousands of troops there when he leaves office. More than 6 in 10 now reject Obama's handling of the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, where Obama has been escalating the U.S. military's involvement in a bid to break a vexing stalemate, The Associated Press reported. LINK Vermont GlobalFoundries At a ribbon-cutting celebrating GlobalFoundries' $55 million investment in the company's Essex Junction fab Wednesday, Gov. Peter Shumlin hailed a new "era of transparency" at the semiconductor facility originally built by IBM in 1957, Burlington Free Press reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |