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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/120414 | News December 4 | 2014-12-04 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News December 4 Thursday, December 4, 2014 Senator Sanders American Economic Agenda Sen. Bernie Sanders argued in a Senate speech this week for a bold economic agenda that emphasizes job creation and raising wages, The Nation’s John Nichols reported. Sanders is "doing the Democratic Party, with which he caucuses, a service by issuing some specific proposals, many of which Democrats of all stripes can rally around,” John Cassidy of The New Yorker wrote. LINK, LINK Economic Agenda Sen. Sanders will discuss his agenda Thursday on the Burt Cohen Show on WCSA-FM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Portsmouth Herald reported. LINK, LINK Drug Prices A new drug holds the potential to cure hepatitis C in tens of thousands of veterans but Department of Veterans Affairs officials told a Senate panel Wednesday that VA’s requested $1.3 billion to buy the drug is only enough to treat about 30,000 of the 114,000 vets who might need it. Sen. Sanders, the veterans committee chairman, criticized Gilead, the drugmaker, for reaping large profits while veterans face possible rationing due to the expense, Stars and Stripes. The drugmaker refused to testify, WFFF-TV and WVNY-TV reported. LINK, VIDEO, VIDEO Minimum Wage Workers Low-wage federal contract workers in the nation's capital will walk off their jobs today to demand presidential action to win a $15 an hour living wage and a union. Several members of Congress, including Sen. Sanders, will join workers at the strike at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, according to The Associated Press. Energy The quest by Montpelier, Vermont, to shift its energy use toward renewable sources has earned it national recognition by the White House as a Climate Action Champion alongside Boston, Seattle and San Francisco. Sen. Sanders said, “Vermont is a national leader in transforming our energy system from fossil fuels to clean, sustainable, renewable energy. It is fitting that our state capital has earned this prestigious recognition from the U.S. Department of Energy,” the Times Argus reported. LINK Budget Sen. Sanders is likely to become the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee next year, after Patty Murray, the current chairwoman, assumes her party’s top spot on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, according to Congressional Quarterly. LINK C-SPAN Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was on C-SPAN 244 days — more than any other member of Congress — during the 113th Congress, according to an analysis cited by the Washington Examiner. Sen. Sanders was No. 16 on the list at 81 days. LINK, LINK World North Korean Hackers Target Sony Investigators believe North Korea launched a recent cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment in apparent retaliation for a comedy film that includes a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un, The Washington Post reported. The incident marks the first known time North Korea has directed a disruptive cyber attack against a U.S. company — or any target outside South Korea, said an individual familiar with the case. LINK National Unsteady Incomes Keep Millions Behind on Bills A survey by the Federal Reserve found more than 30 percent of Americans reported spikes and dips in their incomes because of irregular work schedules, joblessness or seasonal work, according to a New York Times report. LINK No Indictment for Police Chokehold A New York City grand jury has decided not to charge a police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a chokehold while trying to arrest him for illegally selling cigarettes, Reuters reported. LINK Deal to Avoid Shutdown House Republicans said Wednesday they were closing in on a deal to avoid a government shutdown, The New York Times reported. The prospective deal would fully fund all of the government entities through next fiscal year except the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for carrying out immigration policy. The department would only be funded through the first couple of months next year. LINK Tax Breaks Extension The House moved Wednesday to extend a massive package of expired tax breaks through the end of the year, adding about $42 billion to the budget deficit over the next decade, The Associated Press reported. LINK Health Spending Spending on health care in the United States grew in 2013 at the lowest rate since the federal government began tracking it in 1960, The New York Times reported. LINK States Sue Obama on Immigration Texas is leading a 17-state coalition that sued the Obama administration on Wednesday over its executive order to ease the threat of deportation for some 4.7 million undocumented immigrants, Reuters reported. LINK Vermont AG May Probe Drug Prices Attorney General Bill Sorrell wants to know why the price of many generic drugs has increased dramatically in a very short period of time. Last week, representatives of three generic drug companies refused to come before a U.S. Senate subcommittee to discuss this issue. Sorrell says attorneys general have other legal remedies to get the information they need, Vermont Public Radio reported. LINK Health Care Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday he plans to have his new health care financing plan unveiled by the end of this month, the Burlington Free Press said. LINK Inmates Criminal justice reform advocates and family members of inmates urged Vermont on Wednesday to stop sending inmates out-of-state to for-profit prisons, The Associated Press reported. An over-reliance on out-of-state private prisons cuts ties between prisoners and families, which are critical to keeping inmates from reoffending, according to a new report. LINK McKibben's New Role at 350.org Ten years after co-founding 350.org and leading the climate-action group to global prominence, organizer and author Bill McKibben will step down as board chairman, the Burlington Free Press reported. McKibben promised to remain active in the organization but said he was "ready for a bit more order" in his life. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |