September 23, 2009

Day: September 23, 2009

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Issues Statement on Report on High School Dropout and Completion Rates

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. “President Obama says, ‘When you drop out of school, you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country’. We need to educate our way to a better economy, and we won’t be able to do that if one in four kids who enter high[Read More…]

September 23, 2009 by Gary Kopycinski Comments are Disabled

Students Urge Passage of DREAM Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. Today thousands of immigrant students held over 120 events in 28 states to support legislation that would allow talented DREAM students who view this country as their own to attend college, serve their nation, and earn a path to U.S. citizenship. In support of the National[Read More…]

September 23, 2009 by Gary Kopycinski Comments are Disabled

House Hears Testimony On Landmark Employment Non-Discrimination Act

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. The House Education and Labor Committee heard testimony today on H.R. 3017, a bill that would finally end workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. There is also a version of that bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), pending in the Senate. Currently, it remains[Read More…]

September 23, 2009 by Gary Kopycinski Comments are Disabled

Vice President Biden, Secretary Sebelius Issue New Report on Seniors and Health Insurance Reform

SILVER SPRING, MD–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today hosted a town hall meeting with seniors in Silver Spring, MD and released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Medicare: Making Medicare Stronger for America’s Seniors. The report, authored by[Read More…]

September 23, 2009 by Gary Kopycinski Comments are Disabled

How Fox’s Chris Wallace Became Irrelevant

Commentary by Eric Boehlert You think the Obama White House hit a nerve over the weekend when it purposefully left Fox News Sunday off the president’s generous list of Sunday talk-show appearances? The subsequent whining and childish name-calling from Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace became incessant and, of course, revealed[Read More…]

September 23, 2009 by Eric Boehlert Comments are Disabled