WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2016 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Ron Wyden (D–Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission urging the agencies to consider the potential harmful effects that could result from the proposed[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2016.  United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo asking him to withdraw a newly-released report from the CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC), citing significant legal, substantive, and procedural irregularities. In order to[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 25, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 272,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 262,000. The 4-week moving average was 272,000, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2016 – 1:22 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  I apologize for the late start today.  Let me do one quick thing at the top, and then we’ll hustle on to your questions. As many of you have heard me say[Read More…]

Committee Leaders Respond to Insufficient Results After Testing Deadly Takata Air Bags Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016.  Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to the investigation into defective Takata airbag inflators.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the Senate Floor today to tell his Republican colleagues that “the Senate can’t afford to sit on its hands for one year and leave the Supreme Court hanging in the balance.” Durbin called attention to the practical and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016- 10:30 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  In our fight against terrorists like al Qaeda and ISIL, we are using every element of our national power — our military; intelligence; diplomacy; homeland security; law enforcement, federal, state and local; as well as the example of[Read More…]

Citibank Sold Credit Card Debt with Inflated Interest Rates; Debt Collectors for Citibank Altered Affidavits Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016.  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices. In the first action, the CFPB ordered Citibank to provide[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016 – 1:08 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  Hope you had a good weekend.  As you can see, I’m delighted to be joined today by the chair and vice chair of the National Governors Association.  To my left is[Read More…]

GREENVILLE, S.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016.  Bernie Sanders told more than 5,200 supporters at a rally on Sunday that he would relish the chance to run against Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner who trails Sanders in national polls but notched a win in his party’s primary fight here on Saturday. “This[Read More…]