Aboard Air Force One En Route Knoxville, Tenn.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015 – 11:22 A.M. EST MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard. Thank you for joining us as we wrap up a rather newsy week, previewing some of the President’s proposals that he’ll describe in the State of the Union address later this month. [Read More…]
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Rep. Gutierrez on Republican Proposal to Deport Military Families and DREAMers
Rep. Gutiérrez says of Republican proposal to defund Obama’s immigration actions Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015. Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) responded to reports that Republicans will introduce legislation to remove deportation protections from the families of U.S. military service members and to make deportable “DREAMers” who have already passed[Read More…]
Haiti: 5 Years After Earthquake, UN Warns Progress Threatened by Poverty, Inequality
In Haiti, children in the Port-au-Prince slum of Bel Air enjoy a meal. Photo: MINUSTAH GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–9 January 2015 – Five years after a massive earthquake killed 200,000 people in Haiti, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for funds to continue momentum towards building more resilient communities that[Read More…]
Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Bill Reducing Tax Burden on Small Brewers
Small BREW Act decreases per barrel excise tax Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015. Congressmen Erik Paulsen (MN-03) and Richard Neal (MA-01) yesterday led a bipartisan group of Members in introducing legislation to reduce the tax burden on America’s small brewers. Joining Paulsen and Neal in the introduction of the Small[Read More…]
National Championship: The ‘Big Bet’
Oregon Senators Wyden and Merkley, Ohio Senators Brown and Portman put pride on the line for Ducks-Buckeyes wager WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015. The national championship game Monday night between Ohio State and Oregon has generated so much talk between the U.S. Senators from Oregon and Ohio that both sides[Read More…]
Statement of US Labor Secretary Perez on December 2014 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the December 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “The U.S. economy closed out the year on a continued hot streak – 252,000 new jobs, with the unemployment rate falling to 5.6 percent. December was[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 252,000 in December 2014; Unemployment Rate Declines to 5.6%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing. NOTE: Revision of[Read More…]
President Obama Announces Plans to Save Americans Money on Homeownership
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on housing at Central High School in Phoenix, Az., Jan. 8, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Watch on YouTube ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2015. President Obama and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro visited Phoenix, Arizona this afternoon to put a spotlight[Read More…]
Human Rights Watch: U.S. Act on Immigration Reform in 2015
(photos from left to right): Hilarion Warren Joseph, a decorated veteran of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War and a lawful permanent resident, with his son, Japeri, who wears the jacket from Joseph’s US Army uniform. Evie Liu was trafficked into the United States when she was 18 years old. Melida[Read More…]
UN Mourns Slain French Cartoonists
Staff at UNESCO headquarters pay homage to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack in one minute of silence. Photo: UNESCO/Nora Hougenade PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–8 January 2015 – The United Nations agency tasked with defending freedom of expression, in solidarity with France, joins the mourning declared following the deadly attack on Charlie[Read More…]
