WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2015. By a vote of 270-152, the House passed the Senate’s Keystone XL bill, sending it to President Obama’s desk. The White House has repeatedly affirmed the president’s intent to veto any legislation that aims to circumvent the National Interest Determination review process. Friends of the Earth’s[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2015. The Obama administration sent proposed legislation authorizing the use of military force against ISIS to Congress today. The administration has been conducting airstrikes against ISIS since August 8, 2014, but Congress has not yet voted on whether to authorize the campaign.   Chris Anders, senior legislative[Read More…]

ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2015.  National Nurses United, the largest organization of nurses in the U.S. and in Illinois late Monday condemned an executive order by new Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner that is intended to dismantle public employee unions, that nurses warn could cause serious harm to public health and safety. “Under[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2015.  Center for food Safety today commented on the announcement by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of a new campaign aimed at saving the declining monarch butterfly. The campaign allocates $3.2 million in resources for monarch population revival. This is significantly less than what would be[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. What are the mayoral and aldermanic elections really about? There are a host of gut level issues raised by the various candidates that seem to address public education, job creation and unemployment, elimination of pension funds, public safety, the housing crisis, the health care crisis, MBE/WBE Independent[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2015.  National Nurses United fully supports the United Steelworkers Union (USW) struggle for improved health and safety and a fair contract for workers at oil refineries across the U.S. NNU is especially alarmed at the serious threat for workers and residents of local communities near the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has endorsed the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative’s (MuslimARC) “Call for Justice” open letter to address and challenge racism within Muslim communities. The letter reads in part: “Our[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015–The House once again today voted to weaken environmental, health, safety and consumer safeguards for the public by approving the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, which would impose layers of bureaucratic red tape on the laws that protect Americans against pollution and food contamination, and subject proposed[Read More…]

Ayotte SASC Bill: “Shameless, opportunistic effort to score political points at the expense of human lives.” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  In advance of today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Senator Kelly Ayotte’s bill to stop transfers from Guantanamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement:   Senators[Read More…]