Over 86,000 Calls, 40,000 Petitioners and 400 Events Against Bad Trade Deals Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015 – As Congress prepares to consider Trade Promotion Authority, also known as Fast Track, the AFL-CIO, community allies and their members including leaders like former Labor Secretary Robert Reich are taking action to stop this[Read More…]
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White House Weekly Address: Reaching a Comprehensive and Long-Term Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2015 This week, together with our allies and partners, we reached an historic understanding with Iran, which, if fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and make our country, our allies, and our world safer. This framework is the result of tough, principled diplomacy.[Read More…]
Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act Dies in Face of National Backlash
Outcry Over Indiana and Arkansas Shifts Debate on Using Religion to Discriminate NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. Legislation that could have allowed businesses and individuals to use religion to discriminate failed Thursday night in Georgia following a national backlash to similar laws that passed in Indiana and Arkansas. “Religious freedom[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, April 3, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015 Index for Today’s Briefing IRAN KENYA DEPARTMENT IRAN IRAN/RUSSIA IRAN KENYA YEMEN UKRAINE YEMEN WHA REGION BAHRAIN IRAQ PALESTINIANS RUSSIA/NORTH KOREA CUBA INDONESIA IRAN ISIL IRAN IRAN/NORTH KOREA TRANSCRIPT: 1:51 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Good afternoon. Welcome to the daily press briefing. Sorry for the delay.[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, April 3, 2015
En Route Andrews Air Force Base–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015 – 11:46 A.M. MDT MR. SCHULTZ: Good afternoon. Welcome aboard Air Force One on our flight back from Hill Air Force Base, where the President did announce a goal of training 75,000 people to enter the solar workforce by 2020, some of[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Easter, April 3, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. Michelle and I join our fellow Christians around the world in observing Good Friday and celebrating Easter this weekend. With humility and awe, we give thanks for the extraordinary sacrifice that Jesus made for our salvation. We rejoice in the triumph of the Resurrection. And we[Read More…]
Statement from President Obama on Passover, April 3, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015 Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to all those celebrating Passover in the United States, in the State of Israel, and throughout the world. Tonight, for the seventh year, I’ll hold a Seder in the White House, and we’ll join millions of Jewish families as[Read More…]
Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Perez on March 2015 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “The economy added 126,000 new jobs in March (129,000 in the private sector), extending the longest streak of private sector job growth on record to 61[Read More…]
Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Perez on March 2015 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “The economy added 126,000 new jobs in March (129,000 in the private sector), extending the longest streak of private sector job growth on record to 61[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Statement on Nuclear Framework Agreement with Iran
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. Yesterday, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) released the following statement on the announcement that a framework agreement has been reached on an Iran nuclear deal. “Despite efforts by many to scuttle diplomacy with Iran, today’s framework agreement is an extension of steady, incremental progress from all sides,[Read More…]
