Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–Juluy 14, 2015. Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), and 79 of their congressional colleagues sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s draft guidance document, which, if[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Brown, Waters, and Warren: FHA Lending Proposal Gives Wall Street Banks Free Pass at Taxpayers’ Expense
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Leading Democrats on the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees today urged the Obama Administration to reconsider a proposal that would make it easier for lenders that have engaged in criminal behavior to keep accessing taxpayer-backed mortgage insurance. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the Banking[Read More…]
The Iran Deal: A Historic Opportunity to Win Without War
Coalition Launches Campaign to Support Historic Agreement with Iran;Blasts Congressional Opponents as Reckless Champions of Another Middle East War LOUISIANA—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2015. The Win Without War coalition launched a national campaign today to support the Obama administration’s historic agreement with Iran and to overcome a well-financed campaign to pressure Congress to[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Statement on Iran Agreement
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) released the following statement on the agreement reached by the administration and Iran on its nuclear program. “I am encouraged by the President’s comments this morning. It is imperative that members of Congress and the general public not rush to judgment on[Read More…]
Ag Committee Advances Anti-GMO Labeling Bill
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Advocates for mandatory GMO labeling today denounced the House Agriculture Committee’s vote to approve legislation that has come to be known as the Deny Americans the Right to Know (or DARK) Act, calling it an egregious example of government overreach. The bill, H.R. 1599, would overturn[Read More…]
A $12 Minimum Wage by 2020 Would Give 35 Million Workers a Much-Needed Raise
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Decades of infrequent and inadequate adjustment to the federal minimum wage have left today’s low-wage workers earning significantly less than their counterparts 50 years ago. Raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would lift wages for one-quarter of American workers and help[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and DOJ Reach Resolution with Honda to Address Discriminatory Auto Loan Pricing
African-American, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islander Borrowers Will Receive $24 Million WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved an action with American Honda Finance Corporation that will put new measures in place to address discretionary auto loan pricing[Read More…]
With Greece Poised on Vote, Chicago’s Greek Americans, Allies Say No to Big Finance Austerity Here at Home in Illinois and in Greece
“Rauner/Emanuel agenda is troika agenda,” say activists in world’s third largest Greek community, as Greek parliament debates big finance’s extreme austerity measures. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2015. As Illinois and Chicago consider deep cuts to public education, pensions, and basic care for children, the elderly, the ill and the poor, the Greek[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Nuclear Agreement with Iran
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the announcement of a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran: “Today’s announcement is a significant milestone in the effort to preclude Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. It is essential for the surety of the United States[Read More…]
Oregon Lawmakers Blast KBR’s Decision to Target Sick Oregon Veterans, Call on Pentagon to End Legal Purgatory
Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. Oregon lawmakers called on the Defense Department to quickly reach a fair settlement with 12 Oregon veterans who were sickened after being exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq a decade ago. Those Oregon National Guard soldiers were stationed at the Qarmat Ali water treatment[Read More…]
