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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/112614 | News November 26 | 2014-11-26 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News November 26 Wednesday, November 26, 2014 Senator Sanders Pipeline and Politics Sen. Sanders discussed his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, the President's executive orders on immigration and his potential run for the White House with Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Edition. LINK Sanders Opposes Treasury Nominee Sen. Sanders intends to vote against confirmation of Antonio Weiss to be a top Treasury Department official. “We need an economic team at the White House which will hold Wall Street accountable and fight for the needs of working families, not more Wall Street executives,” Sanders said in a statement on Sunday. He urged President Barack Obama to withdraw his nomination of the Wall Street investment banker whose firm he said has helped clients avoid U.S. taxes by sheltering profits in other countries, The Nation and The Hill reported. LINK, LINK Sanders praises firing of Phoenix VA chief Sen. Sanders, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs praised the VA for firing the director of its scandal-plagued Phoenix VA Health Care System. “Firing Sharon Helman is the latest action by the VA to remove high-ranking officials who have acted dishonorably,” Sanders said in a statement, The Hill reported. LINK Low Voter Turnout With voter turnout at historic lows in Vermont, Sen. Bernie Sanders told WCAX-TV Tuesday that voters were sending a message that government is not doing enough to help ordinary people with their lives. "I think it is a message that says, yeah, the economy is better than it was six years ago, but we're really hurting. We're struggling. And we don't see... the kinds of action that are needed," said Sanders. VIDEO USDA Grant Connects Schools The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing almost $500,000 in a distance learning project in four Vermont school districts that will use Marlboro Graduate Center as a training hub for the technology. “As the rising costs of education continue to be a barrier for many in rural Vermont, we applaud USDA-Rural Development for funding high quality distance learning opportunities to 5,000 students in 19 schools across Vermont,” said Sens. Sanders, Leahy and Rep. Welch in a statement, the Brattleboro Reformer reported. LINK Veterans Committee Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is on his way out as chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, but before he goes he intends to pass legislation to reduce veteran suicides. “Overall, I believe that the VA is doing a good job in providing mental health services for veterans, but we have to do better,” Sanders said in a statement, The Daily Caller reported. LINK Veterans With an average of 22 veterans committing suicide each day, Sen. Sanders said he will push for legislation to improve mental health services at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Stars and Stripes, WPTZ-TV, Burlington Free Press, Brattleboro Reformer and Bennington Banner reported. VIDEO , LINK , LINK, LINK World Raid Rescues Eight in Yemen In a predawn raid on Tuesday, United States Special Operations commandos and Yemeni troops rescued eight hostages being held in a cave in a remote part of eastern Yemen by Al Qaeda’s affiliate there, officials from both countries said, The New York Times reported. LINK Putin’s Actions Unjustifiable, Says Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday suggested she is prepared for a drawn-out confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis. She added that economic sanctions on Russia “remain unavoidable” as long as government forces continue to battle pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. LINK National Obama Proposes Restrictions on Smog The Obama administration proposed tightening its rules for smog-causing ex This step represents the Environmental Protection Agency's first attempt to update the ozone rule since President Barack Obama forced the agency to abandon a similar proposal in September 2011, Politico reported. LINK Obama Threatens Veto on Business Tax Breaks President Obama promised Tuesday to veto an emerging package of permanent tax breaks for businesses, mustering Democratic opposition and setting back negotiators who were nearing accord on a suite of tax cuts worth $440 billion over 10 years, The New York Times reported. LINK Supreme Court to Review EPA Rule The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review the first-ever national environmental standards requiring power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic air pollutants, saying it would decide whether the government should have considered how much the rules would cost utilities, The Wall Street Journal reported. LINK Ferguson Relative calm returned to the St. Louis region on Tuesday night, but the situation remained tense and uncertain as people angry over a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for killing an unarmed black teenager entered into renewed skirmishes with the police, The New York Times reported. LINK Vermont FairPoint Strike FairPoint strikers in Maine and New Hampshire have been denied unemployment benefits under state rules, leaving workers to pick up other jobs or rely on outside support to weather the impasse, The Associated Press reported. Unlike its neighbors, Vermont has determined that the strikers are eligible for unemployment checks and has processed more than 250 claims so far, said Annie Noonan, commissioner of the state's Department of Labor. LINK Press Shift After leaving the Burlington Free Press in earlier this month, reporters Terri Hallenbeck and Nancy Remsen will join Seven Days to report on state house politics and health care respectively. "Our readers want to know what's happening in Montpelier," said publisher and coeditor Paula Routly. "They want to know how decisions are made, who's making them and why," Seven Days reported. LINK Holiday Travel Weather As the biggest travel day of the year approaches, forecasters are predicting some snow accumulation in Vermont, but do not expect major Thanksgiving travel problems, according to the Burlington Free Press. LINK Child Protection Law A special state legislative committee plans to propose a law to prioritize the best interest of a child over keeping families intact in cases of domestic abuse, the Burlington Free Press reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |