Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2011.  Speaker Boehner called the President this morning and the President reiterated to the Speaker that the only viable option currently on the table is for the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan Senate compromise that received the support of nearly 90 percent of the Senate.[Read More…]

Walkout to Target Bay Area Sutter Hospitals, Long Beach Memorial – Nurses Cite Patient Care Issues, Cuts in Healthcare Coverage CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2011. Voicing concern over the erosion of quality of care and cuts to patient protections, nurses are on a one-day strike today at California’s second largest private hospital and[Read More…]

Watch Bank of America to Pay $335M to Settle Countrywide Case of Alleged Racial Bias on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Bank of America agreed to pay a $335 million settlement Wednesday over allegations of racial bias in home mortgage lending involving Countrywide Mortgage, which the bank bought in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2011.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 364,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 368,000. The 4-week moving average was 380,250, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2011. The investigation into the 25-26 November engagement between U.S. and Pakistani military forces across the border has been completed.  The findings and conclusions were forwarded to the Department through the chain of command.  The results have also been shared with the Pakistani and Afghan governments, as[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2011.  Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT Demonstrations Secretary Clinton’s Phone Call with Egyptian Prime Minister Ganzouri IRAQ Arrest Warrant for Iraqi Vice President Camp Ashraf Iraqi Visas for U.S. Contractors NORTH KOREA U.S. – North Korea Telephone Contact SYRIA Violence Increasing Arab League Proposal UN Security Council[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2011. The National Labor Relations Board has adopted a final rule amending its election case procedures to reduce unnecessary litigation and delays. The rule will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 22, and is due to take effect on April 30, 2012. The rule[Read More…]

PHILLIPINES–(ENEWSPF)–21 December 2011.   Several UN agencies have boosted their relief efforts in the Philippines which was ravaged by a tropical storm known locally as Sendong The United Nations relief chief called today on countries and international organizations to scale up humanitarian efforts in the Philippines, which was ravaged by a[Read More…]

TANZANIA–(ENEWSPF)–21 December 2011.   International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania Two key organizers of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 were today sentenced to life in prison by the United Nations tribunal dealing with war crimes in the country which resulted in the deaths of some 800,000 people in just[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2011 – 12:41 P.M. EST  MR. CARNEY:  Hello, everybody.  Good afternoon.  Thanks for coming to the White House. Before I get started, I would like to read to you something I am still looking for — here we go — a readout of the President’s calls with[Read More…]