Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2010. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd sent a written response to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell today, responding to a recent letter from the Senate Republican Caucus outlining Republicans’ intent to protect Wall Street and keep the same rules in[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Wall Street Reform Bill Addresses Problems Raised By Lehman Failure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. As the following chart demonstrates, H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, addresses some of the most egregious problems raised by the Lehman Brothers’ failure, which precipitated the costly taxpayer bailout put forward by President Bush in 2008. For a more complete analysis[Read More…]
House Committee Releases Job Creation Estimates for Local Jobs for America Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. The House Education and Labor Committee today released estimates on how many jobs would be created or saved in local communities by the Local Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4812), legislation that would create jobs quickly in both the public and private sectors and help restore[Read More…]
Civil Rights Legend Dorothy Height Passes
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Dorothy Irene Height, long-time civil rights activist, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and “godmother of the women’s movement,” died of natural causes at 3:41 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, at Howard University Hospital, 27 days after her 98th birthday. “I am[Read More…]
Statement by US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Equal Pay Day
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on Equal Pay Day: “Nearly a half century after the Equal Pay Act was enacted to ensure equal pay for equal work, this form of discrimination continues to impinge upon women’s rights in the workplace. As[Read More…]
Toyota Announces Voluntary Recall on 2010 Model-Year Lexus GX 460
TORRANCE, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010 – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 9,400 2010 Model Year Lexus GX 460 sport utility vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system. No other Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicles[Read More…]
UN Aid Efforts Under Way in Quake-Hit Northern Afghanistan
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010 – The United Nations humanitarian wing is coordinating emergency aid and assessing the damage in northern Afghanistan following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others. The quake hit the mountainous Samangan province, northwest of the capital, Kabul, on[Read More…]
Colorado Rockies President Keli S. McGregor Found Dead
COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Keli S. McGregor, Colorado Rockies Team President, was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Salt Lake City, Utah. McGregor 48, was in Utah on a business trip with team Chairman & CEO Charlie Monfort and Executive Vice President, Greg Feasel. No details surrounding McGregor’s[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Biden at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project Forum
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Roger, thank you very much. And let me thank everyone who participated in the program this morning and for those putting on this program. It’s an honor to be here. Were I standing before you one year ago today, we’d be discussing the[Read More…]
Marian Catholic High School Presents ‘GODSPELL’
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The stage is set in Monsignor Croarkin Auditorium at Marian Catholic High School for the spring musical production of “Godspell.” Lively, colorful, and lyrical, the cast offers the 1970’s-era hit with some new millennium updates. While the message and the music remain the same, “Godspell”[Read More…]
