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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/113014 | News November 30 | 2014-11-30 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News November 30 Sunday, November 30, 2014 Senator Sanders Sen. Harkin Sen. Sanders is a member of one of the most productive senate committees, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Sen. Tom Harkin, the chair of the committee, did not seek reelection this year. LINK World Germans Seek to Reduce Carbon Emissions Scientists have developed a comprehensive computer model that simulates German energy supply and demand, in a bid to establish whether it is feasible for Germany to rely on renewable energy sources to power its economy and meet its carbon dioxide emission reduction targets, The New York Times reported. LINK Afghanistan Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks on Kabul with a flurry of bombings and afternoon raids targeting foreigners and Afghans, bringing the war into this city in a way not seen in any other year since the radical Islamists were ousted from power, The Washington Post. LINK National Attack on Affordable Care Act In mounting the latest court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans are focusing on a little-noticed provision of the law that offers financial assistance to low- and moderate-income people, The New York Times reported. LINK GOP Taps Democratic Base As Republicans took control of an unprecedented 69 of 99 statehouse chambers in the midterm elections, they did not rely solely on a bench of older white men. Key races hinged on the strategic recruitment of women and minorities, many of them first-time candidates who are now learning the ropes and joining the pool of prospects for higher office, The New York Times reported. LINK Vermont GMO Labeling Millions of Americans are watching and waiting to see what happens in the lawsuit between the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the state of Vermont in its law to over labeling products which contain GMO ingredients. Oral arguments in the case tentatively are scheduled for early January, the Burlington Free Press reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |