Day: March 1, 2013

Senator Durbin: Sequester Poses Imminent Threat to Bio-Medical Research in Illinois

Senator Urges Bipartisan Action to Replace Automatic Cuts with Balanced Deficit Reduction CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Illinois’ leading research universities and hospitals stand to lose nearly $40 million in funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) as a result of the sequestration budget cuts that take hold today, U.S.[Read More…]

Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, March 1, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Sequester Cuts Will Be Harmful to Seniors On Thursday, the U.S. Senate blocked a plan to avert the sequester without harming Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a result, the cuts imposed by sequestration will be in place as of today and will be gradually implemented.[Read More…]

State Department Releases Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2013. Today, the U.S. Department of State released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada to Nebraska. The document is a draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Patrick Ventrell, March 1, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing KENYA Elections EGYPT Secretary Kerry’s Travel PAKISTAN/IRAN Pipeline / Energy Crisis in Pakistan ISRAEL U.S. Citizen Denied Entry NORTH KOREA Dennis Rodman Visit RUSSIA Denial of Visa to Congressman Smith BRAZIL Death of State Department Contractor SINGAPORE Investigation into the Death of[Read More…]

Alliance for Retired Americans: Sequester Leaves Seniors in the Cold

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013.  Across-the-board budget cuts that take effect today in the sequester will affect senior citizens across the country. The failure of the Senate to pass the American Family Economic Protection Act (S. 388), which would have raised revenue from the wealthiest Americans and corporations who send jobs[Read More…]

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