With Questions of Law Settled, Next Phase of Charting NYPD Reforms to Begin New York—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2014. After 14 years of litigation and decades of community action, plaintiffs’ counsel and Mayor Bill de Blasio reached an agreement which will result in the withdrawal of the City’s appeal of the landmark[Read More…]
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Interior Department Announces Next Cooperative Agreements Under Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations
Purchase offers expected to be made to landowners with fractional interests at Flathead, Northern Cheyenne Reservations this year; Reflects Obama Administration’s Commitment to Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2014. As part of President Obama’s commitment to help strengthen Native American communities, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and[Read More…]
BREAKING NEWS: Groundbreaking Bipartisan Legislation Reforming Federal Drug Sentences Passed By U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Most Expansive Drug Sentencing Reform in Decades Would Reduce Mandatory Minimums, Give Judges More Discretion, and Release Some Nonviolent Drug Offenders from Prison Early; Prosecutors Still Opposing Efforts to Bring Racial Justice and Common Sense to Nation’s Criminal Justice System Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2014. Today the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 25, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 348,000, an increase of 19,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 329,000. The 4-week moving average was 333,000, an increase of 750 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jan. 29, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the recent achievements and the ongoing priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice. I would like to thank Members of Congress for coming together[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against PHH Corporation for Mortgage Insurance Kickbacks
Bureau Seeking Injunction, Restitution, and Penalties for Long-Lasting Scheme WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) initiated an administrative proceeding against PHH Corporation and its affiliates (PHH), alleging PHH harmed consumers through a mortgage insurance kickback scheme that started as early as 1995. The CFPB is[Read More…]
President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address (Video and Text)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades. An entrepreneur flipped[Read More…]
Farm Bill Conference Report Includes Language to Allow Legal Study, Pilot Programs of Hemp
Farm Bill Conference Report Includes Language to Allow Legal Study, Pilot Programs of Hemp Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. In June 2013, Representatives Jared Polis (CO-02), Thomas Massie (KY-04) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) included an amendment to the Farm Bill, H.R. 1947, that would allow colleges and universities to grow industrial[Read More…]
Readout of Vice President Biden’s Call with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Jan. 28, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. President Yanukovych of Ukraine called Vice President Biden today to update him on the current crisis in Ukraine. The Vice President welcomed the progress made today and urged President Yanukovych to sign the parliament’s repeal of several of the January 16 laws without delay. He strongly[Read More…]
Chairwoman Stabenow Announces Bipartisan Agreement on Final Farm Bill
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2014. U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, yesterday announced a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a five-year Farm Bill that will reform farm programs, reduce the deficit, and help farmers and businesses create jobs in agriculture, our state’s second-largest[Read More…]
