Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):
Hands Off Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid: Sixteen senators told President Barack Obama on Friday not to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid in his annual budget, Sen. Bernie Sanders authored the letter telling the president not to endanger the middle class and contribute to growing inequality by cutting the nation’s vital safety net, The Hill reported online. On Friday, White House press secretary Jay Carney declined ...to say if a cut in Social Security will be proposed again but he said the president “will continue to demonstrate his commitment to achieving additional deficit reduction.”
Don’t Cut COLAs: Sanders and 15 other senators urged Obama not to repeat a proposal from last year’s budget to lower cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security. Sen. Mary Landrieu did not sign the letter, according to The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune. Sherrod Brown, Kay Hagan and Barbara Mikluski all co-sponsored a Harkin-Sanders resolution against chained CPI last year but are not co-signers on this letter, Daily Kos noted.
Minimum Wage: An executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers was “a step forward” in a national effort to lift wages for 30 million Americans making under $10.10 per hour, Sen. Sanders told The Thom Hartmann Program on Friday. “While $10.10 is not enough unto itself for a family to live with dignity, it is a step forward, so we’re going to continue the focus to raise the minimum wage to at least $10.10 an hour. There are states out there contemplating minimum wage rates higher than that, and I strongly support that,” Sanders said.
Tax Havens: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development next month plans to release a draft international taxation plan as part of an effort to cut down on offshore tax evasion. Washington’s response to tax havens has been scattershot and largely ineffective. Sen. Sanders introduced a bill that would end U.S. multinationals’ ability to defer paying taxes on foreign income. He has picked up just one co-sponsor, Sen. Brian Schatz. A companion bill by Rep. Jan Schakowsky has only three cosponsors, Congressional Quarterly reported.
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Hands Off Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid: Sixteen senators told President Barack Obama on Friday not to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid in his annual budget, Sen. Bernie Sanders authored the letter telling the president not to endanger the middle class and contribute to growing inequality by cutting the nation’s vital safety net, The Hill reported online. On Friday, White House press secretary Jay Carney declined ...to say if a cut in Social Security will be proposed again but he said the president “will continue to demonstrate his commitment to achieving additional deficit reduction.”
Don’t Cut COLAs: Sanders and 15 other senators urged Obama not to repeat a proposal from last year’s budget to lower cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security. Sen. Mary Landrieu did not sign the letter, according to The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune. Sherrod Brown, Kay Hagan and Barbara Mikluski all co-sponsored a Harkin-Sanders resolution against chained CPI last year but are not co-signers on this letter, Daily Kos noted.
Minimum Wage: An executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers was “a step forward” in a national effort to lift wages for 30 million Americans making under $10.10 per hour, Sen. Sanders told The Thom Hartmann Program on Friday. “While $10.10 is not enough unto itself for a family to live with dignity, it is a step forward, so we’re going to continue the focus to raise the minimum wage to at least $10.10 an hour. There are states out there contemplating minimum wage rates higher than that, and I strongly support that,” Sanders said.
Tax Havens: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development next month plans to release a draft international taxation plan as part of an effort to cut down on offshore tax evasion. Washington’s response to tax havens has been scattershot and largely ineffective. Sen. Sanders introduced a bill that would end U.S. multinationals’ ability to defer paying taxes on foreign income. He has picked up just one co-sponsor, Sen. Brian Schatz. A companion bill by Rep. Jan Schakowsky has only three cosponsors, Congressional Quarterly reported.
Continue reading here: http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/021514See More
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