Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2010. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 460,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 474,000. The 4-week moving average was 456,500, an increase of 2,250 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2010. TRANSCRIPT: 1:16 p.m. EDT MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. We have some familiar faces back with us. You’ve been on travel, studying. Very good. As you know, the Secretary, along with Secretary Geithner, have completed the Strategic and Economic Dialogue[Read More…]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2010.  NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to match the Louisiana state waters closure west of the current boundaries, and to incorporate an area reportedly with oil in the southwest. Closing fishing in these areas is a precautionary measure to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a longtime champion of a constitutional line-item veto, today introduced the Veto Wasteful Spending and Protect Taxpayers Act to establish a line-item veto which will pass constitutional muster. Senator Kerry first introduced this legislation in 2006. “The line-item veto isn’t a panacea,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today held a hearing with Dr. Henry Kissinger on the role of modern-day strategic arms control and the New START Treaty.  Dr. Kissinger has played a vital role in American arms control efforts and continues to shape public[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. These days, American families are working harder than ever to stretch every dollar as far as they can.  That’s why the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act includes important tax cuts to put more money back into the pockets of American families and workers.  This[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Today Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) along with Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill to authorize emergency funding for transit agencies to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2010. Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA), co-chairs of the Iran sanctions conference, released the following statement regarding the anticipated timing of final action on an Iran sanctions conference report on H.R. 2194. “The draft United Nations[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 May 2010 – The United Nations today launched a major campaign for universal adoption of treaty protocols that outlaw the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography, and protect youngsters in armed conflict, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling for full ratification by 2012. “The sad truth is that[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 May 2010 – A broad-based coalition Government in Iraq is a better alternative for the people of that country who are eager to see a stable administration, the United Nations top envoy to Iraq told the Security Council today, adding that that the political leadership also recognizes the[Read More…]