WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the House voted 240-179 to provide $269 billion in tax breaks for the families of the wealthiest 0.2 percent of Americans. “At a time of increasing inequality, it is beyond belief that Congress would provide hundreds[Read More…]

Trio of bills address safety of spent fuel storage and decommissioning plans Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015 – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reintroduced three bills yesterday aimed at improving the safety and security of decommissioning reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel at[Read More…]

Bills Before Congress Set 18 as Minimum Age A 16-year-old worker harvests tobacco on a farm in Kentucky. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015. The US Congress should promptly enact legislation introduced on April 16, 2015 that would provide needed protections for children working in US tobacco farming, Human Rights Watch said[Read More…]

Amid fighting, WFP is distributing food to save the lives of 105,000 displaced people in Aden, Yemen. Photo: WFP Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 April 2015 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it will, along with partners, reach some 105,000 displaced people[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 294,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 281,000 to 282,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2015. Today, with heavy hearts, we remember the six million Jews and the millions of other victims of Nazi brutality who were murdered during the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah is a day to reaffirm our responsibilities to ourselves and future generations. It is incumbent upon us to make[Read More…]

Charlotte, North Carolina–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2015 – 2:52 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Thank you!  Everybody, please have a seat.  Thank you so much.  Well, this is fun.  (Laughter.)  I was just hanging out with the Cat in the Hat that’s in the back there.  (Laughter.)  Hello, everybody.  AUDIENCE[Read More…]

En Route Charlotte, North Carolina–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2015 – 1:15 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome aboard Air Force One en route to Charlotte, where the President will continue to highlight his budget proposals to help middle-class Americans.  Today he’ll be meeting with working women to discuss efforts to help those trying[Read More…]

Bipartisan Agreement that Obama Must Fire DEA Chief Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2015. Today, members of the House Oversight Committee have issued a statement of “No Confidence” in Drug Enforcement Administrator Michele Leonhart. The unprecedented move by a group of over twenty bipartisan lawmakers comes a day after her shambolic performance[Read More…]

Bureau to Temporarily Suspend Card Issuers’ Obligation to Submit Credit Card Agreements WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule aimed at improving the way that companies submit consumer credit card agreements to the Bureau. The rule temporarily suspends a requirement that[Read More…]