WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to renew her call for a delay in the implementation of new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood maps, and to urge her colleagues to immediately take up, debate, and vote to pass the[Read More…]
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Survivors Challenge Vatican at UN on Clergy Sex Cases
New York–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. Yesterday, as Pope Francis was named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) formally responded to the Vatican’s submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on the[Read More…]
Senators Feinstein, Coburn Intro Bipartisan Bill to Eliminate Corn Ethanol Mandate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and eight cosponsors today introduced the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013. The bill eliminates the corn ethanol mandate within the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which requires annual increases in the amount of renewable fuel that must be[Read More…]
Senators Merkley, Baldwin Introduce Legislation to Level the Playing Field for American Manufacturing
Legislation Would Help American Manufacturers Compete on Global Playing Field Against Countries With Low Environmental and Wage Standards WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. Yesterday, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced new legislation that would crack down on unfair trade practices, level the playing field for American manufacturing companies,[Read More…]
Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Operation Quick Strike Removed 52 Unsafe Bus Companies From the Road
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that 52 bus companies and 340 vehicles were put out of business and removed from the road as a result of Operation Quick Strike, an eight-month intensified effort to shut down unsafe motorcoach companies.[Read More…]
Congresswoman DeLauro, Senator Gillibrand Introduce Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
FAMILY Act Would Establish National Paid Family and Medical Leave Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced new legislation today that would create paid family and medical leave. The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act would establish a national paid[Read More…]
Groups Charge North Carolina is Trying to Prevent Voters from Participating in 2014 Elections
ACLU and Southern Coalition for Social Justice Seek Judicial Review of Voter Suppression Law in Time for Next Year’s Midterm Elections WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice today asked a federal court to hear their legal challenge to North Carolina’s[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Dec. 7, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 368,000, an increase of 68,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 300,000. The 4-week moving average was 328,750, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Few Consumers File Arbitration Cases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released preliminary research on the use of arbitration clauses in connection with consumer financial products and services. The research indicates that arbitration clauses are commonly used by large banks in credit card and checking account agreements and that roughly 9[Read More…]
First Deadline Approaches for Participation in the Program for Non-Prosecution Agreements or Non-Target Letters for Swiss Banks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. The Tax Division of the Department of Justice today strongly encouraged Swiss banks that want to seek non-prosecution agreements to resolve past cross-border criminal tax violations to submit letters of intent by the Dec. 31, 2013 deadline required by the Program for Non-Prosecution Agreements or Non-Target[Read More…]
