WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20 – Today, as House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled his budget plan for the coming fiscal year, the Center for American Progress released an analysis revealing that the blueprint not only mirrors last year’s disastrous effort but also manages to reject what little bipartisan budget agreement[Read More…]
Day: March 20, 2012
Senators March 20, 2012 Durbin, Boozman, and Coons Introduce Bill to Increase US Exports to Africa
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Create American Jobs and Improve American Competiveness on Continent WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Boozman (R-AR) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced legislation today that will help create American jobs by dramatically increasing the number of U.S. exports to Africa. The bill[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, March 20, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012 – 11:40 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Awfully quiet in here, very subdued. I wanted to welcome everyone here, including my fellow Irish Americans. It is after all, Alternative St. Patrick’s Day here — (laughter) — at the White House. Q Nice[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 20, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton’s Statement and Background Conference Call on National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) SYRIA/RUSSIA UN Security Council Work Ongoing / Increasing Convergence of Views / Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan Press Reports of Russian Tanker at the Port of Tartus Human[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton on Significant Reductions of Iranian Crude Oil Purchases
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012. I am pleased to announce that an initial group of eleven countries has significantly reduced their volume of crude oil purchases from Iran — Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. As a result, I will[Read More…]
NASA’s Swift Narrows Down Origin of Important Supernova Class
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Studies using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA’s Swift satellite provide new insights into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae. These explosions, which can outshine their galaxy for weeks, release large and consistent amounts of energy at[Read More…]
Top UN Official in Iraq Condemns Series of Deadly Bombings
Baghdad–(ENEWSPF)–20 March 2012. The top United Nations envoy in Iraq has strongly condemned today’s series of deadly bomb attacks in a number of cities that claimed the lives of dozens of people and injured many others. “The atrocious crimes being committed against the people of Iraq are totally unacceptable and[Read More…]
Rep. Schakowsky Statement on House Republican Budget Proposal
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012 – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement in response to the Republican budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): “Budgets are about priorities – and the Ryan budget is further evidence that the Republicans will do anything to cut taxes for millionaires and[Read More…]
Groups Sue Two More Mining Companies for Endangering WV Streams
Charleston, WV–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012. Today, the Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and Ohio Valley Environmental Council have filed suit against two mining companies for discharging pollutants that have biologically impaired headwater streams in West Virginia. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Charleston, alleges that mine runoff from five[Read More…]
SEIU: House GOP Budget – By the 1%, For the 1%
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012. After House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY 2013 budget resolution, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “The House Republicans’ budget resolution was written by the 1%, for the 1%. It enables millionaires and[Read More…]