Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2011. Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) plans to mark up a bill that will make E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based system that verifies whether employees are authorized to work, mandatory for all employers in the United States. The Center for American Progress hosted a conference[Read More…]
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Bush-Era Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program Is GOP Leaders’ No. 1 Target
Job Program Is Putting Americans to Work, Producing Cleaner Cars Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 15, 2011. Congressional Republican leaders have been fairly silent about President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act proposal to generate employment and now they propose to slash $1.5 billion from the existing Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program, that employs[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: The Debt Deal and Budget Process Threaten Critical Climate Aid Funding
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. Today the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction convened the hearing “The History and Drivers of Our Nation’s Debt and Its Threats,” discussing ways to lower the deficit, a process that has put critical international climate aid funding in jeopardy. The Center for American Progress released[Read More…]
Drudge Report’s Race-Based Attacks On Michelle Obama Continue
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- There were a ton of photos snapped of first lady Michelle Obama’s visit to the U.S. Open in New York today. But here’s the one the Drudge Report chose to go with to accompany its caption of "Tennis, Anyone?" Michelle Obama as the angry, black female — and this time[Read More…]
Village Board: Swearing in of Police Brass, Consideration of a Sustainable Pesticide Reduction Policy, More, on Tuesday
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Should the Village of Park Forest ban pesticides on Village-owned or leased properties? Should Park Forest pursue a quiet zone at the intersection of Western Avenue and the Canadian National Railroad tracks? How does one serve ethically as an employee or elected official in Park Forest? The[Read More…]
Fox Doctors Hoffa Speech To Fabricate Call For Violence
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Right-wing bloggers misled by dishonest Fox News video editing are attacking Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. for supposedly urging violence against Tea Party activists during a Labor Day speech. Conservatives are also attacking President Obama, who appeared at the event, for "sanctioning violence against fellow Americans" by failing[Read More…]
FTC Issues New Report on Gasoline Prices and the Petroleum Industry
Crude Oil Prices Continue To Be The Main Driver of Retail Gasoline Prices Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011. The Federal Trade Commission today issued a Bureau of Economics staff report examining trends in the petroleum industry and how they have affected gasoline prices between 2005 and early 2011. It concludes that[Read More…]
Spurring Job Creation in the Private Sector: Three Elements that Any Jobs Plan Should Have
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released a report in a press call entitled, “Spurring Job Creation in the Private Sector: Three Elements that Any Jobs Plan Should Have.” As the president prepares to announce a jobs plan this upcoming September, these recommendations call for him[Read More…]
In Countries That Lack Financial Records, How Can We Tell Who is Truly Poor?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. In developing nations, anti-poverty programs face a basic hurdle: Who, exactly, is poor enough to qualify for the aid being given out? Emerging states often lack the official records, such as income and tax documents, that are used to make those judgments in wealthier countries. Now,[Read More…]
Oxford Study Shows One In Six IT Projects End Up ‘Out Of Control’
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–22 August 2011. A surprisingly high number of business and government technology projects are ‘ticking time bombs’, according to researchers at the University of Oxford. They analysed 1,500 global projects that had revamped their information technology systems within the last 10 years. They discovered that one in six projects[Read More…]
