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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/111115 | News November 11 | 2015-11-11 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News November 11 Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Senator Sanders Fight for $15Sen. Bernie Sanders joined restaurant strikers outside a Senate office building for a press conference around mid-morning,The Associated Press,Reuters,CNN, The Washington Post,Think Progress,MSNBC,The Guardian,The Christian Science Monitor,The Hill,The Huffington Post,Roll CallandNBCreported. Sanders' appearance standing alongside a few hundred labor protesters in the rain Tuesday morning is only the latest in his history of solidarity with causes dealing with labor, including attending a picket line of Verizon workers in Manhattan last month. Speaking in the rain on Tuesday, Sanders urged a group of a hundred or more striking and protesting workers to keep up their fight. "I stand with the thousands of workers on strike today to demand $15 and a union," Sanders tweeted. LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK, VIDEO Defense Bill The White House said that President Barack Obama would sign the annual defense policy bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday, despite his objections to its provisions keeping open the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The Wall Street Journal reported. Three members of the Democratic caucus voted against the defense bill including Sen. Sanders. LINK Cable Boxes The average American household shells out $232 a year for the privilege of renting a set-top box from a cable company, and Sen. Sanders is tired of it, International Business Times reported. Sanders was one of eight U.S. senators who signed a letter Monday urging the Federal Communications Commission to act swiftly on a plan that would -- theoretically at least -- unshackle consumers from those unsightly boxes provided by cable companies. LINK Column: Keep it in the Ground With the climate summit meeting in Paris near, and the Keystone decision fresh, the United States can truly take the lead on these fuels by stemming their production, not just their consumption, Lydia Millet wrote in The New York Times. The president can, and should, [end drilling for fossil fuels on public lands] to both preserve our heritage lands and get us on the path to a safer climate future. LINK World Syria For the first time in the four-year Syrian civil war, President Obama is beginning to execute a combined diplomatic and military approach to force President Bashar al-Assad to leave office and end the carnage. As 50 Special Operations troops arrive in Syria to bolster the most effective opposition groups, the administration is gambling that Secretary of State John Kerry will have more leverage to push Russia, Iran and other players toward two objectives: a cease-fire to limit the cycle of killing and the establishment of a timeline for a transition of power, The New York Times reported. LINK National GOP Debate The leading Republican presidential candidates clashed sharply over immigration policy, military spending, and other intractable and emotional issues in a debate here Tuesday night, bringing into sharp relief the partys fault line between rigid conservatism and mainstream practicality, The Washington Post reported. LINK Veterans Health Care President Obama will urge Congress Wednesday to improve a program that allows veterans to receive private medical care, speed the appeal process for disability claims and pass legislation aiming to improve the quality of schools that serve veterans, The New York Times reported. LINK Vermont Farrington Mobile Home Residents Residents of a New North End mobile home park are worried back taxes will hamper their effort to own the park outright. Tenants of Farrington's Mobile Home Park say they will soon close on a deal to purchase the North Avenueproperty. But they worrymore than $20,000 in delinquent taxes on several abandoned trailers will harm the financial future of the park, Burlington Free Press reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |