“The eight Members who traveled to Texas this week want the detention of moms and kids to end.” — Rep. Gutiérrez Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Yesterday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) and the other seven House Democrats who traveled to Texas this week to visit two privately-run family immigration detention[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Education Department Appoints Special Master to Inform Debt Relief Process
Special Master will advise on borrower defense issues and creating a debt relief process that is efficient, transparent, and fair for students and taxpayers. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. As a next step to provide students who attended Corinthian Colleges the debt relief they are entitled to, Under Secretary Ted Mitchell[Read More…]
Dept. of Interior’s Land Buy-Back Program Exceeds $500 Million Paid to Landowners for Voluntary Consolidation of Fractional Interests
Nearly 850,000 Acres Will Now Stay in Trust for Indian Communities WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. In a major milestone for the Department of the Interior’s Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program), Deputy Secretary Michael Connor today announced that more than $500 million has been paid to more than[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces $405 Million in PILT Payments to Support Vital Services in Rural Communities
Underscores importance of President’s call to extend mandatory, full funding for PILT program that supports firefighters, police, school and road construction WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. As Part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to rural communities, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that about 1,900 local governments around[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America Reacts to King v. Burwell Supreme Court Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Statement of Sasha Bruce, Senior Vice President of Campaigns and Strategy of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “The Supreme Court’s decision validates what we’ve always known to be true, the Affordable Care Act is both constitutional and it is working for Americans who need it most. Millions of[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement on Ruling on King v. Burwell
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2015. U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell: Memo to the non-stop critics of the Affordable Care Act: stop trying to kill this program and work to[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Kirk Introduce Bill to Expand Lincoln Heritage Area in Illinois
Joined by Representatives Kinzinger, Bost, Bustos, Davis and Shimkus in the House WASHINGTON, D.C. – (ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) yesterday joined U.S. Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.-18), Mike Bost (R-Ill.-12), Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.-17), Rodney Davis (R-Ill.-13) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.-15) to introduce the[Read More…]
New Target Identified for Inhibiting Malaria Parasite Invasion
The parasites of malaria and toxoplasmosis invading their host cells. Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. A new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that a malaria parasite protein called calcineurin is essential for parasite invasion into red blood cells. Human calcineurin is already[Read More…]
Speaker Boehner on King v. Burwell Ruling
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell: “ObamaCare is fundamentally broken, increasing health care costs for millions of Americans. Today’s ruling doesn’t change that fact. Republicans will continue to listen to[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth’s Statement on King v. Burwell Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell: “The Supreme Court’s decision is a major win for my constituents who will avoid significant increases in health insurance costs. The ACA has been successful in providing health[Read More…]
