Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2013 – 8:32 P.M. EDT      THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  I have to say that as the podium came out, which meant that was my cue, my mother-in-law said, “Oh, shoot.”  (Laughter.)  True story — she was getting into the music.  (Laughter.)  Welcome to the White House,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 340,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 363,000. The 4-week moving average was 339,500, a decrease of 500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Groups Say U.S. Chamber is Fighting for Policies That Protect Corporate Interests Over Real People Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  A group of unemployed workers is walking more than 140 miles from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. in order to demand that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce stop blocking efforts to create[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2013 – 1:31 P.M. EDT   MR. CARNEY: Hello, everyone.  Welcome to the White House.  Thanks for being here.  Before I take your questions I wanted to mention something that I think is breaking now, as Wolf Blitzer would say, and that is that on Sunday, May[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013 – 1:08 P.M. EDT   MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here.  Before I take your questions I just wanted to say a couple of things.    As you heard from the President, his thoughts and prayers are with the people[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2013. I congratulate the Senate Judiciary Committee on completing its work on S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.   Thanks to the leadership of Chairman Leahy and a bipartisan group of eight Senators, the legislation that passed the Judiciary Committee with a strong[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013 –  This morning, the President and the Vice President met in the Oval Office with young immigrants who received deferred action and with the siblings and spouses of undocumented immigrants. This meeting was an important opportunity for the President and the Vice President to meet with[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint ten individuals to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.  The Presidential Commission on Election Administration was created following President Obama’s State of the Union pledge to identify non-partisan ways to shorten lines at polling places, promote the[Read More…]

MONTGOMERY, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced an unprecedented collaborative effort by several of the country’s most prestigious law firms to prosecute, on a pro bono basis, multiple human trafficking and racketeering lawsuits against Signal International, LLC and its network of recruiters and labor brokers.[Read More…]

ARLINGTON, Va.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  Nearly 250 members of the Oklahoma National Guard were assisting Tuesday with victim search and security in Moore, Okla., where a monster tornado left at least 20 dead, authorities said. The twister hit Monday about 3:15 P.M. CDT, when children were still in two elementary schools[Read More…]