WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders was an original cosponsored of the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act introduced by Sen. Chris Murphy. The bill creates a Social Security Caregiver credit and provides modest retirement compensation to individuals who have had to leave the workforce or reduce their hours to care[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders was joined by 30 senators this week in calling for a significant funding increase for Older Americans Act programs such as Meals on Wheels in order to keep up with the needs of a growing population of seniors. In the letter, the senators said[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Secretary Jack Lew in a letter today to use the Department of the Treasury’s untapped authority to prevent Pfizer’s planned maneuver to dodge taxes in the United States. If allowed to proceed, Pfizer will use its planned merger with Ireland-based Allergan to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  The Justice Department and the city of Ferguson, Missouri, today jointly filed an agreement resolving the United States’ pending lawsuit against Ferguson.  The court-enforceable decree, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, aims to remedy the unconstitutional law enforcement conduct that[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016 – 2:04 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you decked out in your green today for St. Patrick’s Day, at least many of you. Q    As you. MR. EARNEST:  I’m joining the fun, as well.  I do not have anything to[Read More…]

Acquisition Would Monopolize Newspapers in Orange and Riverside Counties in California Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block the acquisition by Tribune Publishing Company, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, of Freedom Communications Inc., publisher of the Register in Orange[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  As families in Flint, Michigan continue to struggle with lead-contaminated water, eighteen Senators are pushing to boost investment in water infrastructure repairs to avert future crises of contaminated drinking water supplies. In a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Appropriations[Read More…]

Retired Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin says ‘[Islam] should not be protected under the First Amendment,’ there should be ‘no mosques in America’ WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on GOP presidential candidate[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 17, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 265,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 259,000 to 258,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

FOIA Lawsuit Demands Records on $2 Million Contract to U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016.  The American Civil Liberties Union today filed suit to obtain records related to the federal government’s award of funds to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which has routinely denied survivors of[Read More…]