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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/120915 | News December 9 | 2015-12-09 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News December 9 Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Senator Sanders Tonight Show Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared on the NBCs Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, ABC News, TIME, The Hill, The Daily Beast and Buzzfeed reported. He slammed Donald Trump one day after his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Sanders said that Trump's rhetoric would not work in the United States and that he "look[ed] forward to beating Donald Trump." Rachel Maddow Sen. Sanders sat down with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC Tuesday night. Sanders gave his take on what is going on in the Republican primary, the fear and racism that has taken hold of part of the country and his trip to Baltimore earlier in the day. VIDEO, VIDEO Climate PlanA pair of bills from Sen. Sanders seeks to create millions of new jobs in clean energy fields through tax changes and worker training,The HillandWPTZ-TVin Burlington reported. Gawkerreported that Sanders' climate plan makes him the only major presidential candidate of either party to call for a carbon tax. World Climate Negotiations Despite a domestic agenda consumed by his response to last weeks terrorist attack in California, President Obama is closely tracking the United Nations climate change negotiations outside Paris, Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview on Tuesday, The New York Times reported. Beijing Shuts Down Residents across this city awoke to an environmental state of emergency on Tuesday as poisonous air quality prompted the government to close schools, force motorists off the road and shut down factories, The New York Times reported. National Visa Waiver Program The House overwhelmingly passed legislation that would overhaul the visa waiver program and bar those from Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Sudan, or those who have visited those countries in the last five years, from traveling to the United States, CNN reported. San Bernardino Investigators believe San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farouk may have planned an earlier attack in California, CNN reported. One of the officials on the case said that Farouk plotted with one other person for a 2012 attack, and that a specific target was considered. The official said that the two decided not to go along with the earlier attack due to a round of "terror related" arrests in the area. Vermont Gun Control Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger called for Vermont legislators to enact city gun control laws voters approved in 2014, The Burlington Free Press reported. Last March, Burlington voters passed three gun-related amendments to the city Charter, however the Vermont Legislature must approve municipal charter changes in order for amendments to take effect. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |