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14 Senators Urge Majority Leader to Take Up Senate Judiciary Committee Version of FISA Bill Washington DC – As the Senate prepares to consider legislation to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a group of senators is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to make the FISA bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) the base bill to

Vermont, like other states around the country, is struggling to fulfill the growing needs of people who are hungry. The Vermont Food Bank has said its supply of food had fallen by 50 percent from last year. Burlington’s food shelf has seen a dramatic increase in employed clients in need of help this year. As winter closes in and home heating bills stack up, still more Vermonters are turning to the food support network in Vermont for help. Senator Sanders signed onto legislation that would i

Republican filibusters and presidential vetoes have created a backlog of important legislation stalled in Congress. The president continues to veto, and threaten to veto, critical legislation that would make a real difference in the lives of Americans. Senator Sanders said, “I find it very objectionable that President Bush, who signed every piece of legislation passed by the Republican controlled Congress, now wants to veto bills because we’re trying to expand children’s health insurance or ma

Snow fell on Washington during the lighting ceremony for this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree. The 55-foot Balsam fir was harvested from the Green Mountain National Forest. It stands on the Capitol’s sloping west lawn overlooking the National Mall. The Mount Anthony Union High School Chamber Singers from Bennington performed before Bradley Young, a 6th grade student from Randolph Elementary, joined

For the first time, a bill calling for mandatory limits on greenhouse gases was approved by a Senate panel. The Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11 to 8 for legislation to cap emissions of heat trapping gases. The measure was strengthened by provisions added by Senator Bernie Sanders, including a $300 billion commitment over the next four decades to encourage the development of renewable sources energy like solar, wind and geothermal power.

Snow blanketed Washington on Wednesday, as if on cue, setting the stage for the lighting ceremony for this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree. The 55-foot balsam fir harvested from the Green Mountain National Forest stands on a Capitol Hill slope overlooking the National Mall and the Washington Monument. Highlighting the lighting ceremony: the Mount Anthony Union High School Chamber Singers from Bennington, and Bradley Young, a 6th grade student from Randolph Elementary, joining House Speaker Nancy P