New Bill Would Impose Small Business Tax and Codify Current Abortion Ban Laws Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015.  Statement from Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, on today’s action in the House: “The Tea Party-led Congress is desperately trying to save face after being forced to abandon their abortion ban[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015.  The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case examining whether housing policies that have a disproportionate discriminatory impact on racial minorities, women, and other groups violate the anti-discrimination provision of the federal Fair Housing Act. The law, passed in 1968, prohibits discrimination in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, released the following statement ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. “Following 2014’s record-breaking heat, President Obama faces some of the most consequential choices any president has ever made in the fight against global[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. During his 2015 State of the Union Address, President Obama set forth a broad spectrum of initiatives on issues ranging from economics and education to competitiveness and the environment. Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica issued the following statement: With two years left,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  Center for American Progress Executive Vice President for External Affairs, Winnie Stachelberg, issued the following statement after President Barack Obama condemned the persecution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, community in the State of the Union address. The president’s historic inclusion of bisexual[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015 – The following is a statement from Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in response to President Obama’s State-of-the-Union address tonight: “President Obama hit the nail on the head by urging us to focus on expanding jobs in our nation’s infrastructure — and stop[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015 – The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on President Obama’s State-of-the-Union address to Congress tonight. “President Obama will reaffirm his commitment to leave a safer and healthier planet for our children and future generations by working to combat[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director, issued the follow statement in response: “When it comes to the climate crisis, the President knows the stakes, and tonight, he underscored the urgency of the problem and his commitment to climate action for our children’s future. To meet the[Read More…]

Paid Family Leave for All Workers Would Help Seniors Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  The following statement was issued tonight by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans: “Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans listened to President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  In response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “Tonight we heard from a president who won’t back down when it comes to standing up for America’s working women and men. President Obama made a powerful[Read More…]