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Saturday, March 29, 2014

The Week In Review: The Senate


 
 http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/the-week-in-review-032814
The Week in Review:

The Senate put the parliamentary gears in motion for votes on raising the minimum wage and restoring long-term unemployment benefits. 
 
A Senate hearing on Thursday looked at why road construction projects and the jobs they generate are in jeopardy this construction season. 
 
After a rocky rollout, there was a surge in signups for Obamacare. 
 
Sen. Bernie Sanders said the United States should join major countries in the rest of the world that offer less expensive more effective universal health care. In a Senate floor speech on Thursday, Sanders spoke out against the rising political power of the wealthy in America.

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