Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):
Sanders Wants 2-Year Limit on ‘Dangerous’ College Loans Bill: The Senate is set to vote this week on a compromise proposal which would let student loan interest rates climb as high as 8.25 percent, The Hill and Politico reported. A member of the Senate Education Committee, Sanders intends to offer an amendment that would put a two-year limit on the deal so Congress, when it takes up reauthorization of the Higher Education Act next year, could look at ways to make college more affordable, the Burlington Free Press reported online.
Most Senate Dems Oppose Obama’s Deal: Senate Democratic leaders are negotiating whether to allow votes on a handful of amendments from liberal lawmakers to a bipartisan agreement reached last week on student-loan rates. Democratic aides described the amendment process as fluid, but the list of possible changes included submissions from Sens. Sanders, Patty Murray, Jeff M
...erkley and Jack Reed. according to National Journal. The unease with the agreement raises the likelihood that it may not pass with a Democratic majority. Democratic vote-counters now put the number of likely votes from their party “in the low 20s,” according to a leadership aide.
Sanders Asks Obama to Back Off Deal with Republicans: “Just when they thought they had a plan together a number of Democrats objected, and strongly ... Sen. Sanders suggested President Obama step in and rethink the whole thing,” Vic Ratner of ABC News said on KOMO-AM in Seattle, Wash. But the veteran Capitol Hill newsman predicted that the Senate will pass the White House-engineered deal that mirrors legislation passed by the Republican-run House. “I think they’re going to get it done over the protests and objections.”
Veterans’ Affairs: The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, which Sen. Sanders chairs, could finish work on a number of bills Wednesday, including one that brings the Department of Veterans Affairs in line with the recent Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, a measure to provide benefits for veterans who were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military and a bill to mandate reports from the VA on its backlog of claims for disability benefits, the Burlington Free Press reported.
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=08CB3309-CB9C-4895-A7F6-50FA898FCC0B
Hard to believe we are still having to fight these battles.
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"Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum."
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