Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2015 Hi, everybody. This week, there was a big birthday you might have missed. Medicare and Medicaid turned 50 years old. And that’s something worth celebrating. If one of the best measures of a country is how it treats its more vulnerable citizens — seniors, the poor,[Read More…]

Justice Department Announces First-Ever Second Chance Fellow to Help Advance Vital Diversion and Reentry Strategies Jessup, Maryland– (ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2015. Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Secretary [Arne] Duncan, for that kind introduction – and for your outstanding leadership in our efforts to advance education and improve the lives of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2015 – 11:35 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I am about to sign a three-month extension of our highway funding.  And that’s a good thing, because if this wasn’t in front of me and ready for signature, we would end up having projects all across the country[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2015. In a letter signed by 178 members of Congress today, House Democrats called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end its controversial Family Detention Program. Congressman Gutiérrez said about this letter: “I am pleased that so many of my House colleagues including our[Read More…]

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 July 2015 – The United Nations special envoy on the Middle East today expressed his outrage over the “heinous murder” and the “terrorist crime” perpetrated against a Palestinian family in the West Bank. “I am[Read More…]

An increasing number of people, including families with children and the elderly, have encountered deadly ambushes as they try to escape areas controlled the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Photo: UNAMI IRAQ–(ENEWSPF)–31 July 2015 – The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has engaged in[Read More…]

Washington, DC– (ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2015. Yesterday, Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced H.R. 3311, the End Oil And Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2015, legislation that would eliminate tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and will save taxpayers more than $23 billion over five years, and more than $44 billion[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2015. Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings regarding the Family Court of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit of the state of Missouri, commonly known as the St. Louis County Family Court.  The Justice Department found that the family court fails to provide constitutionally[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2015.  Two leading House Democrats introduced a new bill this week to incentivize economic growth, stimulate entrepreneurship, and attract additional foreign investment to the United States with the goal of creating jobs. The EB-JOBS Act of 2015, introduced by U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Luis[Read More…]

Residential Credit Solutions to Pay $1.5 Million for Servicing Wrongs WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2015.  Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. for blocking consumers’ attempts to save their homes from foreclosure. The mortgage servicer failed to honor modifications for loans transferred from[Read More…]