Bill Would Reauthorize Health Programs for 9/11 Responders and Survivors; 170 Illinoisans Currently Enrolled in World Trade Center Health Program WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today, along with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), introduced the James Zadroga 9/11 Health[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Schakowsky, Sanders Introduce the Stop Corporate Tax Dodging Act to close the Notorious Tax Shelter Loophole
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Stop Corporate Tax Dodging Act today to stop profitable corporations from sheltering income overseas in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes. The legislation also would end tax breaks[Read More…]
Former Moecherville Water District Board President Charged With Allegedly Stealing Water District Funds
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015. A former Moecherville Water District (MWD) board president appeared in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois today on federal charges for allegedly stealing $33,597 in property mortgaged and pledged to the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Cuba
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the White House announced that President Barack Obama intends to remove Cuba from the United States’ list of nations that sponsor terrorism: “While we have our strong differences with Cuba, it is not a terrorist state.[Read More…]
HHS to Probe Skyrocketing Generic Drug Prices
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015 – At the urging of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general has agreed to investigate how sudden price hikes by generic drug makers are driving up the cost of taxpayer-supported health care. “It is unacceptable[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Bill Will Close Notorious Tax Shelter Loophole
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2014 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced a bill to stop profitable corporations from sheltering income overseas in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes. The legislation also would end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs and factories overseas. “At a[Read More…]
UN Delivers Much Needed Humanitarian Supplies to Vulnerable Groups in Syria
A mother and child receive UNRWA food assistance at the distribution areas in Yalda, on the southern outskirts of Damascus to the west of the Yarmouk Camp. Photo: UNRWA GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–14 April 2015 – Despite huge challenges in getting access, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has managed to deliver much-needed[Read More…]
New Global Advocate, Actor Daniel Craig Looks to Boost UN’s ‘Incredible Work’ on Mine Action
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right), appoints actor Daniel Craig as the first UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards. UN Photo/Mark Garten NBEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 April 2015 – After designating the renowned actor Daniel Craig as the first United Nations Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and[Read More…]
UN Security Council Imposes Arms Embargo on Yemen Rebels, Demands all Parties Resume UN-backed Talks
Yemenis flee the capital Sana’a with their families and few possessions. Photo: Almigdad Mojalli/IRIN NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 April 2015 – Alarmed at the military escalation by Houthis in many parts of Yemen and the “significant and rapidly deteriorating’ humanitarian situation, the United Nations Security Council today approved an arms embargo against[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Blumenthal ‘Troubled’ By FDA Inaction On Mislabeled Supplements
Senators call for investigation into companies that manufacture products containing synthetic stimulant routinely advertised as a “natural botanical” WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate manufacturers of dietary supplements containing “acacia rigidula”[Read More…]
