Bernie calls out Barack

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20. Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):

Obama Fatigue: Disgruntled Democrats have bolted from a White House that they complain has not consulted Congress enough, failed to assert leadership, has been too passive and ceded momentum to Republicans. “If you read the papers, you almost think the Republicans are in control,” Sen. Bernard Sanders told The New York Times. “They're constantly on the offensive. Democrats are on the defensive.” The lack of strong leadership, Sanders added, has created a vacuum. “'I think you're going to see more independents saying, ‘Mr. President, we look forward to working with you, but we're not simply going to accept your leadership and your ideas. 'We're not going to follow you. You're going to have to work with us.’ ”

Sanders Heads South: Sen. Sanders is heading to South Carolina next month for the South Carolina Progressive Network fall retreat, the Charleston City Paper reported. "We look forward to Senator Sanders sharing his vision for our nation with us," said Donna DeWitt, president of the South Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, which is cosponsoring the event.

Household Incomes: Despite the addition of more than two million jobs last year, soaring corporate profits and continuing economic growth, income for the typical American household did not rise in 2012 and poverty failed to fall, new data from the Census Bureau show. “The poverty and income numbers are a metaphor for the entire economy,” Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution told The New York Times. “Everything’s on hold, but at a bad level.” Over a longer perspective, the figures reveal that the income of the median American household today, adjusted for inflation, is no higher than it was for the equivalent household in the late 1980s.

Food Stamps: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program kept 4 million Americans out of poverty in 2012 according to Tuesday's annual update from the Congressional Budget Office. New analysis shows that 3.8 million Americans would lose food stamps under a House Republican proposal to cut spending by 5 percent, The Huffington Post reported.

Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/091813

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