NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $14 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)3’s on the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
House Passes Largest Investment in College Aid in U.S. History
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a landmark measure to make college more affordable for millions of Americans, and create jobs that stay in the U.S., at no cost to taxpayers. The House passed the bill, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, by[Read More…]
Speaker Pelosi Remarks at Enrollment Ceremony for Senate Health Insurance Reform Bill
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Leaders, and Committee Chairs held an enrollment ceremony in the Capitol today to sign the Senate health insurance reform bill and send it to President Obama for his signature into law. Yesterday, the House passed the passed the Senate bill by a[Read More…]
USW Applauds Historic Step for Health Care Reform
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. The United Steelworkers (USW) today applauded the historic vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass health insurance reform and called on the Senate to act swiftly on the corrections legislation that will help millions of Americans. “Yesterday’s historic vote was a huge step in[Read More…]
Statement of Secretary of Labor Solis on Passage of Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on passage of a health care reform bill by the U.S. House of Representatives: “A new day is finally dawning for every American family that has seen its wages and dreams eroded by a health care[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Group Interpretation Earns Sectional Title
Group Interpretation team members perform “Protestants Cry, Too” for Marian Catholic students in the Library. Actors include Mary Lou Herbias (Calumet City), Jaime Patriarca (Park Forest), Jonathan Williamsen (Steger), Conor Keane (Oak Forest), Kiayla Jackson (Sauk Village), Jaboukie Young-White (Harvey), Kyle Fitzgerald (Park Forest), and Adam King (Lansing). Not pictured[Read More…]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Applauds Passage of Health Care Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) issued the following statement today, following the passage of health care reform legislation in the House of Representatives: “Today marks a victory that has been a long time coming. Longer than the last year, since the White House Forum on Health[Read More…]
Tall Grass Arts Association Presents Jazz Jam
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Tall Grass Arts Association will present a Jazz Jam in the Tall Grass Gallery on Friday, March 19 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The event is being held in conjunction with the current gallery exhibit, “Something Jazzy,” which features the works of 15 artists on the[Read More…]
Indiana Firm Recalls Fresh Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage Products Due To an Undeclared Allergen
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010 – Perdue Farms, Inc., a Washington, Ind., establishment, is recalling approximately 10,368 pounds of fresh sweet Italian turkey sausage products because they contain an undeclared allergen. The product was prepared using an ingredient blend that contained milk, a known potential allergen, which was not declared on the[Read More…]
Virginia Attorney General to File Suit Against Federal Government Over Passage of Health Care Bill
RICHMOND–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010. Statement from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli after the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Senate’s health care bill: “The Office of the Attorney General of Virginia will move forward with our lawsuit against the federal government and its unconstitutional overreach of its authority with the passage[Read More…]
