Day: March 8, 2012

Reason Prevails in the Senate on Three Key Environmental Votes

Lawmakers Reject Expanding Offshore Drilling, Keystone XL Approval and Clean Air Rollbacks  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012 – Reason prevailed today as the Senate rejected three major anti-environmental amendments. Lawmakers defeated efforts to expand offshore oil drilling, roll back Clean Air Act protections on pollution from boilers, and force approval of the[Read More…]

Durbin: Bipartisan Senate Transportation Bill Best Route for Illinois Jobs, National Economy

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012.  With Senate Democrats and Republicans having reached an agreement to advance a national transportation funding bill that would protect public transit, highways, and jobs in Illinois and across the country, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed House Republican leaders to take up the Senate’s bipartisan[Read More…]

Senators Durbin, Blumenthal Question Potentially Deceptive Marketing at Rite Aid

Concerned that “wellness ambassadors” recommending dietary supplements are mistaken for pharmacists and medical professionals WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today questioned potentially deceptive marketing practices at the drugstore chain Rite Aid which has GNC dietary supplement stores in more than 2,000 Rite[Read More…]

Senators Kirk, Roberts, Burr, Isakson Request Hearing on the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rules for Youth Agriculture Workers

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2012.  United States Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today sent a letter to Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requesting a hearing on the United States Department[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, March 8, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012 – 1:00 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thanks for being here on this magnificently beautiful winter’s day.  I’m just sorry we’re not in the Rose Garden.  That would be — maybe in the spring.  (Laughter.) Q    There is still time. Q    Did it[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, March 8, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  Spc. Edward J. Acosta, 21, of Hesperia, Calif., died March 5, in La Jolla, Calif., of injuries sustained Dec. 3, 2011, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised-explosive[Read More…]

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