…School Safety Measure and Legislation To Enhance Background Checks Are Adopted Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013 Today the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted two additional pieces of legislation aimed to curb gun violence during the committee’s third executive business meeting devoted to the issue. Last week the panel adopted, in a bipartisan[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013 – 12:47 P.M. EDT   MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thanks for being here.  Just a quick thing I want to mention at the top, if I may. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the full Senate two more important pieces of the President’s[Read More…]

Marijuana possession is the number one arrest is New York City and a top arrest in New York State, leading to racial discrepancies, while costing taxpayers $600 million over last decade Albany, NY—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2013. Today members of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released this year’s version of the House Republican budget: “The Republican budget is nothing more than more of the same. It still destroys jobs and puts our economic recovery at risk.[Read More…]

I Think Tax and Regulate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director In an interview with the Denver Post, published this week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke about the marijuana legalization initiatives passed in Colorado and Washington in November. When asked, “What are the measures in[Read More…]

Comment equating Zionism with Fascism and Anti-Semitism and labeling it “crime against humanity” disparages noble historic enterprise Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013.  Today, Reps. Steve Israel (D–NY) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Sens. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) along with 85 other bi-partisan and bi-cameral Members of Congress sent[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2013. The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today in connection with the closing of its investigation into the proposed transaction that would combine T-Mobile USA Inc. and MetroPCS Communications Inc.: After a thorough review of the proposed transaction, the Antitrust Division has determined that[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013 – 10:22 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  I want to get back to the official business at hand.  But I did want to stop by.  First of all, I just want to say thanks to the PEC for the unbelievable work that you guys have done and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. The President believes that there is an opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to come together around a balanced plan to grow the economy and shrink the deficit by investing to create jobs, cutting wasteful spending, and strengthening programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  This approach will require[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 March 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today confirmed the death of four crew members on board one of its helicopters that crashed on Saturday in the eastern province of South Kivu. An investigation is under way into the[Read More…]