WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  It’s no longer breaking news this Equal Pay Day that women are a crucial part of today’s workforce. Women edged up to just 50 percent of workers on U.S. payrolls for the first time in October 2009, and two-thirds of American families with children now rely[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Dick Morris, who has made a career out of dishonestly trashing the Clintons, suddenly and conveniently claimed on Monday night’s Hannity that when then-Attorney General Janet Reno threatened President Clinton in early 2007 by saying that if he didn’t re-appoint her as attorney general, she was "going to tell[Read More…]

GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–14 April 2010.  Today’s figures, from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), show that although there has been a fraction of an increase in total aid, from $122 to $123 billion, the amount of aid has actually fallen by $3.5 billion when compared with last year’s prices.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2010.  This year, spending through tax expenditures will total more than $1 trillion dollars. Incorporating greater transparency, scrutiny, and oversight into the tax expenditure process will cut billions in wasteful tax subsidies and maximize bang for every taxpayer buck. Audit the Tax Code: Doing What Works for[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2010.  The campaign to end marijuana prohibition received a noteworthy endorsement last week, when the head of the second-largest teachers union in the country said that she supports this year’s ballot initiative in California to regulate marijuana. Randi Weingarten, president of the 856,000-member American Federation of Teachers,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–16 Mar 2010 – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) says it welcomes the introduction of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010, introduced yesterday by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). The measure would change existing asylum policies to ensure more people who need and deserve US protection can benefit from it. [Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked the concept of social justice and churches that promote it, asserting that it is "code language for Marxism" and warning that "when you see those words, run." In fact, numerous churches and religious faiths, as well as prominent religious scholars, espouse social justice, including[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Karl Rove brought his misinformation tour to Meet the Press by making false claims about the Iraq war and the use of reconciliation to pass health care reform legislation. Rove falsely claimed it "was not" Bush policy "to go into Iraq and take their" oil revenues "to pay[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From a March 12 post on Dan Riehl’s blog, Riehl World View: Source: Media Matters for America. Used with permission.

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2010. “U.S. PIRG applauds Secretary Sebelius for calling out the insurance industry for spending millions of Americans’ premium dollars on DC lobbyists and anti-reform campaign ads. The health reform package now headed for a final vote in Congress would help end these shenanigans…permanently. “Health reform would not[Read More…]