The first RNRN relief team at work in a rural clinic on the island of Panay. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013.  RNs offer the gift of healing for the holidays.  As holiday ornaments go up and family feasts are planned, registered nurses are making tentative plans to spend part of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in October. Twenty-eight states had unemployment rate decreases from September, 11 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and 11 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-eight states had unemployment rate[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013 – President Barack Obama today called on Americans to honor the memory of President John F. Kennedy and to celebrate Kennedy’s “enduring impact on American history.” Obama’s proclamation also directed that the American flag be flown at half-staff today in honor of Kennedy’s memory. The President’s proclamation[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013 – 2:10 P.M. EST  MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Thank you for being here today.  I do have a couple of announcements that I want to do at the top in addition to what the President has already talked about today, and then after all of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Published on March 18, 2013: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made a case for increasing the minimum wage last week during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing, in which she cited a study that suggested the federal minimum wage would have stood at nearly $22[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate decided to make it harder for the minority to block confirmation of the president’s nominees for judges and other top posts. “Most Americans grew up believing that in America the majority rules. They also believe that[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), coauthors of the USA FREEDOM Act to end dragnet collection of Americans’ phone records, Thursday welcomed the support of a broad coalition of technology companies, trade associations and nonprofit organizations that advocate “privacy protections, oversight and accountability mechanisms[Read More…]

“As a result of Republican obstruction of nominees, the Senate has failed to do its job for the courts and for the American people” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday voted in favor of making changes to the Senate rules to overcome Republican[Read More…]

New York, N.Y.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  The League of Women Voters of the United States and the organization’s Kansas and Arizona affiliates today joined a lawsuit arguing the new laws requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in these states violate federal law. The League of Women Voters operates one[Read More…]