NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015.  Governor Cuomo is expected to announce that New York will issue statewide regulations to protect people based on gender identity, transgender status, and gender dysphoria. The regulations are comprehensive and will apply statewide to employers and providers of housing, public accommodations, and credit. “Transgender Law Center[Read More…]

President Barack Obama greets Camden County N.J. Police Chief J. Scott Thomson following a panel discussion on criminal justice reform with law enforcement leaders in the South Court Auditorium of the White House, Oct. 22, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015 – 2:36 P.M.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015 – 1:00 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ:  Good afternoon.  I have one piece of business to do up at the top, and then happy to take your questions.   I’d like to command to your attention that a short while ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015 – 3:52 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  As President and Commander-in-Chief, my first and most important responsibility is keeping the American people safe.  And that means that we make sure that our military is properly funded, and that our men and women in uniform get the support,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–-(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015.  Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) released the following statement on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015: “Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will consider a surface transportation reauthorization. Sadly, simply calling it a ‘reauthorization’[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015.  Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate Floor today to discuss the impending deadline to lift the debt ceiling before the nation’s borrowing authority runs out on November 3rd. Merkley noted that America has an obligation to pay its debts and that the full[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today Puerto Rico should be allowed to restructure its debt in a way that protects residents, ordinary investors and pension funds in the United States. “The economic situation in Puerto Rico will not improve by eliminating more public schools, slashing pensions,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015.  Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin led a group of Senate Democrats in sending a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid, urging both leaders to include a provision to close the carried interest loophole as part of a bipartisan budget agreement. Senator[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015.  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), joined by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), today introduced the “Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act” which would[Read More…]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) poses for a group photo with members of the UN Country Team serving in Jordan. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas JORDAN–(ENEWSPF)–22 October 2015 – Continuing his visit to Middle Eastern countries to help ease current tensions between Israel and Palestine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with[Read More…]