“We Believe that Every American Has the Right to Know When Their Government Believes it is Allowed to Kill Them.” Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., pressed the Obama administration today for additional transparency on U.S. drone policy, including[Read More…]
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Senators Durbin, Brown, Warren, Baldwin, Sanders: Tax Credits Should Go To Companies That Invest In American Workers, Not Ship Jobs Overseas
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. Today, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Bernie Sanders (D-VT) introduced the Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, a bill that would provide a tax credit to companies that provide fair wages and good benefits[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, June 26, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Elections / Libyan Human Rights Activist Salwa Bugaighis UKRAINE / RUSSIA OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Observers Secretary Kerry’s Meeting with French FM Fabius Ceasefire Expires Tomorrow Sanctions U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers Ads IRAQ / SAUDI[Read More…]
Readout of Secretary Kerry’s Meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed, and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, June 26, 2014
Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Okay. So for the purposes of the transcript, this is a readout of the Secretary’s meeting with foreign ministers this afternoon in Paris. It’s on background for attribution to senior State Department officials. The Secretary met with the group for about[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary Re: Massachusetts Law Increasing the Minimum Wage
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2014. Today, Massachusetts joins a growing coalition of states that have taken up the President’s call to increase wages and ensure no American working full-time has to support a family in poverty. Taking action to benefit the working men and women in the Commonwealth, Governor Patrick today[Read More…]
Rep. Blumenauer Introduces Amendment to End Unfair, Free Ride for Oil Companies on Drilling Leases
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. Statement of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) on his amendment to HR 4899, the “Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America that Works Act of 2014” that would strongly incentivize oil companies to renegotiate drilling leases and end their holiday from paying royalties to the American people. [Read More…]
Senators Call for Emergency Action to Stop Price Spikes Caused by Oil Speculators
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation cosponsored by 14 senators to give federal regulators emergency power to stop speculators from taking advantage of turmoil in Iraq to drive up oil prices and make motorists pay more for gasoline. “I am getting tired of big oil companies[Read More…]
Sudan Unleashes a War Criminal Army
Regime Gives Janjaweed Genocidaires New Name, Weapons, and a License to Kill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. One decade after Darfur’s Janjaweed militiamen earned global infamy as “devils on horseback,” Sudan is experiencing a wave of atrocities at the hands of their new incarnation as an official military entity, the “Rapid[Read More…]
Republicans Vote to Block Washington, D.C.’s New Marijuana Decriminalization Law
Amendment Takes Effect Long After D.C. Marijuana Law Takes Effect, Meaning It May Only Prevent the City from Issuing $25 Fines for Marijuana Possession, Creating De Facto Legalization Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment by Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) prohibiting the District of Columbia[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending June 21, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 312,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 312,000 to 314,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
