Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2010.  AARP, along with dozens of organizations representing stakeholders of Social Security, sent a letter to House and Senate leadership today requesting that Congress fund the Social Security Administration (SSA) at the recommended level of $12.379 billion for FY 2011. This funding level was requested by the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2010.   Tomorrow, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, here in America and around the world, will celebrate the holiday of Diwali – the festival of lights.  This is a day when members of some of the world’s oldest religions celebrate the triumph of good over evil.  Last[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2010 – 9:40 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  I just want to make a few quick remarks to expand on some things that I said yesterday.  Obviously Tuesday was a big election.  I congratulated the Republicans and consoled some of our Democratic friends about the results,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2010.   SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Oct. 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 457,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 437,000. The 4-week moving average was 456,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2010 – 1:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody.  Last night I had a chance to speak to the leaders of the House and the Senate and reached out to those who had both won and lost in both parties.  I told John Boehner and Mitch[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2010.  A suspicious package was found by U.K. investigators on a plane flying from Yemen to Chicago when it stopped in London on Thursday night resulting in some airports being placed on high alert Friday. According to investigators, the suspicious package contained a ‘manipulated’ toner cartridge which tested[Read More…]

From The Christian Science Monitor: A federal appeals court in California granted a temporary stay on Wednesday, reversing aworldwide injunction against enforcement of the US military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. The action means the Pentagon’s ban on service members who are openly homosexual is, once again, in full force. The[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 18 – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Attorney General John Aschcroft’s appeal of a ruling that he can be held responsible for the wrongful detention of innocent American Abdullah al-Kidd. The American Civil Liberties Union brought the case against Ashcroft in 2005 on behalf of[Read More…]

We don’t know how long this has been up and running — and none of our readers alerted us to this page — but, at last, the Republicans have a “Weekly Address” page up and running on their site. Enjoy. FYI: The GOP does not have the text for these[Read More…]

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