Coburn-Durbin Amendment would save $1.1 billion over 10 years WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012.  Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) released the following statement yesterday after the Senate accepted Coburn-Durbin amendment #2439 by a bipartisan vote of 66-33. This amendment is a reasonable step that[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012.  The Water for the World Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, sending the bill to the Senate floor for a vote.  The bill is cosponsored by[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012.  Evidence of Rwandan support to the M23 rebellion in eastern Congo continues to surface while the release of the results of a recent investigation conducted by the U.N. Group of Experts on Congo linking Rwanda to the rebellion is being held up by wrangling within the U.N.[Read More…]

The Energy Department and SRI today officially launched the National Training and Education Resource (NTER), an open-source platform for job training, workforce development and certification. NTER was envisioned by the Department and developed by SRI. WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012.  As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to invest in skills for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 387,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 389,000. The 4-week moving average was 386,250, an increase of 3,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

PITTSBURGH—(ENEWSPF)—June 20, 2012.  Occupy Pittsburgh will participate in a national day of solidarity with the Cruz family, whose Minnesota home went into foreclosure when PNC Bank mishandled an online payment earlier this year.  Since April 30, Occupy Homes in Minnesota has been working with the Cruz family.  Although PNC executives[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012. Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today: “In recent months, the Justice Department has made unprecedented accommodations to respond to information requests by Chairman Issa about misguided law enforcement tactics that began in the previous administration and allowed illegal guns to be taken into[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT World Refugee Day EGYPT Elections / Democratic Transition Process AFGHANISTAN Ambassador Grossman Meetings Terror Attack in Khost Cross-Border Militancy 2014 Transition Plan PAKISTAN Counterterrorism Cooperation Political Transition MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS Secretary’s Meetings / Dialogue between Parties SYRIA Annan Plan /[Read More…]

Los Cabos, Mexico–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012 – 5:47 P.M. MDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  I want to begin by thanking my good friend and partner, President Calderon, and the people of Los Cabos and Mexico for their outstanding hospitality and leadership.  Mexico is the first Latin American country to host a G20 summit, and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2012.  On June 23, 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was signed into law, requiring equal access to academic and athletic opportunities for all students, regardless of gender, in all of the education programs and activities of a school, university, or other entity receiving[Read More…]