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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/120315 | News December 3 | 2015-12-03 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News December 3 Thursday, December 3, 2015 Senator Sanders San Bernardino ShootingSen. Bernie Sanders quickly responded to the shootings in San Bernardino, California,The New York Times,CBS NBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Reuters and Business Insider reported. Sen. Bernie Sanders noted that "mass shootings are becoming an almost-everyday occurrence" in the United States: "Mass shootings are becoming an almost-everyday occurrence in this country. This sickening and senseless gun violence must stop." Republican BudgetSen. Sanders took to the floor to lead the Democratic opposition to the Republican budget,VTDigger,.Mic and MSNBCreported. The last thing we need is a budget reconciliation bill that throws 17 million Americans off of health insurance and denies nearly 3 million women the health care they need by defunding Planned Parenthood, Sanders said. Sanders argued that rather than seeking to defund Planned Parenthood, lawmakers should boost support for it. Climate ConferenceScience-denying Republicansintent on derailing local, national and global attempts to avert a looming climate crisishave their priorities all wrong, Sen. Sanders said on Tuesday. I find it unacceptable that many of my Republican colleagues are more worried about campaign contributions theyre getting from the Koch brothers and others in the fossil fuel industry than they are about preserving the planet for our children and grandchildren, Sanders said in a statement urging the U.S. to take the lead in stopping global warming,EcoWatch reported. Transportation Bill Sen. Sanders announced that a $305 billion transportation bill agreement reached will provide nearly $1.1 billion to Vermont to help improve the state's roadways. According to the senator's office, he legislation would allow Vermont to become more competitive for federal funding and lowering the cost of borrowing federal funds for rural projects, FOX44 in Burlington reported. Social Security Sens. Patrick Leahy and Sanders have joined Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and 17 other Democrats in seeking a cost-of-living increase for seniors on Social Security. The Seniors and Veterans Emergency Benefits Act seeks to provide a boost to about 70 million seniors, veterans and people with disabilities with a bonus payment of just under $600, The Times Argus reported. Most Fascinating PeopleBarbara Walters has announced who will appear on her annual "Most Fascinating People" special,ABCreported. "Barbara Walters Presents: 10 Most Fascinating People 2015" will feature actors Bradley Cooper, Amy Schumer and Tracy Morgan, American Ballet Theater principal dancer Misty Copeland, Sen. Sanders, UFC champion Rhonda Rousey and fashion designer Donna Karan. World ISIS For years, the Joint Special Operations Command, known throughout the Pentagon as JSOC, has provided standing forces of American commandos to track down terrorist leaders overseas. Now, in announcing that it is deploying a small team of special operators to Iraq to carry out raids against high-value Islamic State leaders in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon is turning to its elite team of manhunters once again, The New York Times reported. Climate Talks Negotiators walked into the climate change summit meeting with a 50-page draft accord that is full of options too many options. In the months leading up to these talks, whenever they have had big disagreements on tough issues like how, exactly, rich countries would send money to poor countries to help adapt to the ravages of climate change, or how to maintain accountability negotiators have kept their options open, The New York Times reported. National San Bernardino At least two gun-wielding assailants opened fire on a holiday party for county employees Wednesday, killing 14people in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre three years ago this month. Hours after the shooting, law enforcement officials said two suspects Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, andTashfeen Malik, 27 had been killed in a police shootout several miles from the site of the original attack, The Washington Post reported. A Daily Occurrence More than one a day. That is how often, on average, shootings that left four or more people wounded or dead occurred in the United States this year, according to compilations of episodes derived from news reports, The New York Times reported. No Child Left Behind The House on Wednesday approved a sweeping bill to revise the contentious No Child Left Behind law, representing the end of an era in which the federal government aggressively policed public school performance, and returning control to states and local districts, The New York Times reported. Vermont Racist Response Racism was on full display as students gathered at a rally Wednesday outside Bellows Free Academy high school to demonstrate against racial prejudice in Vermonts schools. A young man drove past the rally with a Confederate flag mounted to the bed of his pickup truck; others drove past giving demonstrators the middle finger. A group of white students who gathered around another pickup truck pantomimed shooting guns at demonstrators, VT Digger reported. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |