NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2015. Today Hillary Clinton unveiled proposals to tackle excessive risk-taking and enhance accountability both on Wall Street and throughout the financial sector.  To confront the phenomenon of “Too Big to Fail,” her plan would impose a risk fee on the largest banks and financial institutions and require[Read More…]

FOIA request highlights lingering concerns over possible political interference in important government publication WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2015. With the support of human rights, labor, faith, trade and democracy reform organizations, Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding the expedited release of all communications by the[Read More…]

Agreement Comes on Heels of Historic Senate Deal; High Hopes that Congress will soon Pass Criminal Justice Reform Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2015. Today, House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) announced a deal on sentencing reform with his counterpart Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), and Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson-Lee[Read More…]

Washington DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 263,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 277,000 to 276,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2015. The captain and crew of the El Faro were Americans and Poles, men and women, experienced mariners and young seamen. They were beloved sons and daughters and loving husbands and fathers. They were dedicated engineers, technicians and a cook. And these 33 sailors were united by[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2015. President Obama spoke today by phone with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International President Dr. Joanne Liu to apologize and express his condolences for the MSF staff and patients who were killed and injured when a U.S. military airstrike mistakenly struck an MSF field hospital in Kunduz,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWPF)–October 7, 2015 – 1:25 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  I do have a statement before we begin and before I go to your questions. This morning, from the Oval Office, President Obama spoke by telephone with Doctors Without Borders International President[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2015.   “I’m continuing to learn about the details of the new Trans-Pacific Partnership, including looking hard at what’s in there to crack down on currency manipulation, which kills American jobs, and to make sure we’re not putting the interests of drug companies ahead of patients and[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2015. With must-pass legislation looming before Congress to keep the government open and to avoid default, today Hillary Clinton called on House Democrats to stand together in opposition to Republican attempts to weaken important financial reforms in order to defend corporate interests and Wall Street.  In a[Read More…]

Proposal Would End the Free Pass Companies Use Against Group Lawsuits WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2015.  Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it is considering proposing rules that would ban consumer financial companies from using “free pass” arbitration clauses to block consumers from suing in groups to obtain[Read More…]