Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Sanders-McCain Bill Heads to Senate Floor: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he plans to bring a bill by Sens. Bernie Sanders and John McCain to the Senate floor in the next 24 hours, 48 at most, The Hill reported. That’s “lightning speed” by Senate standards, Sanders told The Associated Press. The legislation would “pump up $500 million to hiring more doctors and nurses and $300 million more to increase the hours for the staffers,” Chris Jansing reported on MSNBC. House Passes VA Bill: The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday that gives veterans stuck on long wait lists for medical care the ability to seek treatment outside of the VA. Rep. Jeff Miller, the House veterans’ committee chairman, signaled support for the similar Sanders-McCain bill pending in the Senate, according to The Washington Post. The Senate is expected to take up its own measure soon, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Reuters, Bloomberg, Politico and CBS News reported. Obama Outraged over Oregon Shooting: Speaking hours after a gunman killed a student and wounded a teacher at an Oregon high school, President Obama said Tuesday that his failure to push through stricter gun laws was the greatest frustration of his presidency. “Our levels of gun violence are off the charts. There’s no advanced, developed country on earth that would put up with this,” he said in The New York Times. Who Makes Minimum Wage?: While more than a quarter of all low-wage workers were teenagers back in 1979, today only about one in 10 are teens, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Indeed, almost 37 percent of these employees on low wages, defined as less than $10.10 per hour, are between 35 to 64 years old. Even among those making the rock-bottom wage of $7.25 an hour, teens are still a minority, CBS News reported online. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/061114
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:38:40 +0000
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