New Policy Limits Seizing Cash Deposited in a Way to Avoid Triggering Bank Reports to Most Serious Cases Washington, DC–(ENEWSPSF)–March 31, 2015. As part of the Department of Justice’s comprehensive, ongoing review of the asset forfeiture program, Attorney General Eric Holder today issued a policy focusing the use of asset[Read More…]
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Senator Merkley Starts Statewide Tour Highlighting Drastic Impacts on Oregonians of Republican Budget Plan
Eugene, OR –(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley kicked off a statewide tour of Oregon to highlight the very real impacts that the recently passed Senate budget will have on Oregonians and the need for a different approach that puts the middle class first. Merkley started his tour at[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Commutations, March 31, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2015. Today, President Barack Obama granted commutations of sentence to the following 22 individuals: • Terry Andre Barnes – East Moline, IL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine base; supervised release violation (distribution of cocaine base) (Southern District of Iowa) Sentence: 246 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders: Stand Up to Wall Street, Break Up Big Banks
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015 – Speaking last night at the Commonwealth Club of California, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said it is time to break up “too-big-to-fail” Wall Street banks that have grown larger and more powerful since taxpayers bailed them out after the 2008 financial collapse. “No single financial[Read More…]
Federal Court Rules for Indian Families in ACLU Lawsuit
RAPID CITY, S.D. –-(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. In a sweeping victory for Indian families, a federal court has ordered South Dakota officials to stop violating the rights of Indian parents and tribes in state child custody proceedings on several grounds. The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the American[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, March 30, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015 Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY’S TRAVEL IRAN JAMAICA IRAN CHINA IRAN YEMEN TRANSCRIPT: 1:22 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Thank you so much and thank you, everyone, for joining the phone briefing today. I hope everyone can hear me. If you can’t, let me know when you[Read More…]
Boko Haram ‘Weakened’ but Still Committing ‘Horrendous’ Acts, Says UN Regional Envoy
A wide view of the Security Council Chamber as Special Representative Mohammed Ibn Chambas (on screen), addresses the meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by the extremist group Boko Haram. UN Photo/Loey Felipe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2015 – As the Security Council met this morning to discuss[Read More…]
BSI SA of Lugano, Switzerland, is First Bank to Reach Resolution Under Justice Department’s Swiss Bank Program
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 30, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that BSI SA, one of the 10 largest private banks in Switzerland, is the first bank to reach a resolution under the Department of Justice’s Swiss Bank Program. “Because of the department’s continuing efforts to root out offshore tax evasion,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Boston, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015 – 12:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. To Vicki, Ted, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, Ambassador Smith, members of the Kennedy family — thank you so much for inviting me to speak today. Your Eminence, Cardinal O’Malley; Vice President Biden; Governor[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, March 30, 2015
En Route Boston, Massachusetts –(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2015 – 9:53 A.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard, everyone, on Air Force One. And we are en route to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, where we’ll celebrate the life and legacy of Senator Ted Kennedy and highlight the[Read More…]
