Day: June 6, 2013

Officials Reduce Federal Unemployment Benefits

Sequestration Lowers EUC Payments by 16.8 Percent State Benefits Do Not Change CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013.  Weekly unemployment insurance benefits to the long-term unemployed will be reduced 16.8 percent as a result of federal sequestration’s across-the-board budget cuts, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reminded today. The reduction will be reflected[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, June 6, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Continued Evaluation of Potential Chemical Weapons Use Fighting in Qusayr / Concern Over Influx of Foreign Fighters Golan Heights / Concern For Regional Stability / Austrian Withdrawal Geneva 2 Conference DPRK Talks With South Korea TURKEY Continue to Urge Calm /[Read More…]

White House Press Gaggle by Deputy Principal Press Secretary Josh Earnest and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan en route Mooresville, NC, June 6, 2013

En Route Mooresville, North Carolina–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013 – 12:58 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  So to get it started this afternoon, Secretary Duncan is here to talk to you a little bit about the announcement that the President is going to make at Mooresville Middle School today.  I know there have[Read More…]

Congresswoman Duckworth’s Amendment Incorporating Key Provisions of the Troop Talent Act Passes the Armed Services Committee

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013.  Yesterday, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth’s amendment including key provisions of the Troop Talent Act passed the House Armed Services Committee’s mark of the FY14 National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 1960. The Troop Talent Act of 2013 was introduced by Congresswoman Duckworth in the House of Representatives and[Read More…]

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