Opportunity to Restore Communities Most Harmed By War on Drugs in Jeopardy Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. In a dramatic turn of events, media reports suggest that Congress is still negotiating whether to overturn D.C.’s historic marijuana legalization initiative. Currently, sources are reporting that Congress is considering allowing Initiative 71, approved[Read More…]
Day: December 10, 2014
Rep. Gutierrez Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Civil and Human Rights
“Too many have faced profiling, subtle and explicit…and…potentially dangerous when the profiler has a badge and a gun,” said Rep. Gutiérrez Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, chaired by Sen. Dick[Read More…]
Department Of Planning And Development And Members Of The Affordable Housing Task Force Recommend Reforms To Expand Affordable Housing Options In Growing Neighborhoods
Mayor Supports Proposal to Add 1,200 Affordable Housing Units and Generate Nearly $100 Million in Housing Funds over 5 Years, a Five-fold Increase over Units and Funds Created since 2007 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The Department of Planning and Development (DPD), based upon input provided by the Affordable Housing Task Force[Read More…]
Bipartisan Veterans Suicide Prevention Act Passes House
Bipartisan bill, authored by Reps. Walz, Miller, and Duckworth, now moves to the Senate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Today, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (Clay Hunt SAV) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was introduced in July by Representatives Tim Walz (D-MN), House[Read More…]
Tri State Metal Company, Inc. Charged With Federal Tax And Currency Crimes Involving Millions Of Dollars In Cash Deals
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. A Chicago company dealing in scrap metal has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax and currency transaction charges alleging that it engaged in cash transactions that resulted in underreporting its corporate income and underpaying its payroll taxes. The defendant, TRI STATE METAL COMPANY, INC., was[Read More…]
Senators Push EPA for Stronger Carbon Pollution Reductions in Clean Power Plan
“For the Clean Power Plan to be a success, it must achieve the level of emissions reductions that the science calls for to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change.” WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) led eleven Senators in calling[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement On Release Of Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Interrogation Practices
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement on the report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence detailing the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation practices following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: “In a democracy, where the people govern, this kind of honest report must[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Senate Report Concludes CIA Torture Brutal, Ineffective
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the executive summary of its long-anticipated report today, revealing details about the CIA’s brutal post-9/11 torture programs. The report found that the CIA’s abuse of detainees was far more brutal and widespread that previously known, that CIA officials not[Read More…]
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