En Route New Hampshire–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012 – 1:03 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Well, welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way to New Hampshire on this two-day trip. I have no announcements to make at the top. I will say that I’m sure you’ve all seen the President’s statement[Read More…]
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St. Louis’ Des Peres Hospital Nurses Vote by 65% to Join Largest U.S. RN Union
2nd St. Louis Area RN Win by NNU This Month St. Louis, MO–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012. Registered nurses at Des Peres Hospital in the St. Louis metropolitan area have voted by 65 percent to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Missouri (NNOC-Missouri). It’s the second St. Louis hospital RNs this month to affiliate[Read More…]
Supreme Court Reinstates Arizona ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Law, but Strikes Down Three Other Provisions of Anti-Immigrant Measure
ACLU Announces $8.77 Million “War Chest”; Vows to Defend Civil Rights and Challenge State Anti-Immigrant Laws Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a key provision of Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant law will lead to racial profiling and discrimination, ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero warned[Read More…]
Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Arizona v. The United States
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012. Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today: “I welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down major provisions of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 on federal preemption grounds. Today’s ruling appropriately bars the State of Arizona from effectively criminalizing unlawful status in the state and confirms the federal[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Arizona v. the United States
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012. I am pleased that the Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law. What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform. A patchwork of state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system –[Read More…]
America Was Not Founded As A Christian Nation: John Adams and the Treaty of Tripoli
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- With all we’ve heard through the years about America being a so-called “Christian nation,” and the more we will hear during the upcoming presidential race, here are some official words on that notion, enshrined in the Treaty of Tripoli, signed into law June 10, 1797 by President[Read More…]
Message from Penn State President Rodney Erickson on Sandusky Trial Verdict
PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Today Penn State learned that a verdict was reached in the case of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Gerald Sandusky. Mr. Sandusky was found guilty of 45 of the 48 charges filed against him. The legal process has spoken and we have tremendous respect for the men[Read More…]
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Congress Must Act on Transportation Bill and Student Loans
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2012. Over the past three years, we’ve been clawing our way back from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. And we know it will take longer than any of us would like to fully recover all the jobs and savings that have been lost. But there[Read More…]
Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Funding for 47 TIGER 2012 Projects as Overwhelming Demand for TIGER Dollars Continues
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia will receive a total of almost $500 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2012 program. “President Obama’s support for an America[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, June 22, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA UN Arab League Envoy Annan’s Comments / Iran Role in Syria / June 30 Meeting in Geneva / Reports that Syria Shot Down a Turkish Military Plane / Syrian Military Defections / Cairo Meeting / Defection of Syrian Pilot to Jordan[Read More…]
