Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2012.  Last night, President Obama drew a stark contrast between Mitt Romney’s vision for the future and his own. In doing so, he could not have made the choice clearer for working families. There are powerful contrasts in the values of these two people. President Obama signed[Read More…]

“Obama won,“ “Appeared calmer and more authoritative,” “near-rout for Obama” CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. Sarah Boxer ‏@Sarah_Boxer More from @CBSNews poll of uncommitted voters- Who would do better job helping middle class? 56% Obama, 43% Romney John Weaver ‏@JWGOP This actually was better than Obama was even in 2008. His best debate performance as[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. In response to Mitt Romney revisionist version of history, elected officials from Massachusetts released the following statements: “I was a Massachusetts Representative for all of Mitt Romney’s term as Governor. I’ve worked with four Governors in Massachusetts, including three Republicans and I never saw a more disengaged chief[Read More…]

Cleveland, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012.  Ohio members of People For the American Way Foundation’s African American Ministers Leadership Council praised a U.S. Supreme Court ruling today that ensures Ohio polls will remain open in the three days prior to November’s election. The state legislature eliminated early voting in the weekend before[Read More…]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012  – Today, during oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging California’s low carbon fuel standard, attorneys for the California Air Resources Board and a coalition of environmental groups asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to reverse a December 2011[Read More…]

By Audubon President & CEO David Yarnold   New York NY –(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012.  You have to get out of shouting range of the politicians in Washington to appreciate what’s really important to Americans.  Americans like Barbra from Arizona: “‘Environment’ is not a swear word, but too often it is[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond offered the following statement reacting to today’s announcement by the Social Security Administration of a 1.7% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2013: “The annual COLA is critically important to the financial security of the nearly 55 million Americans receiving[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012.  Will Mitt Romney continue to hide the truth about his tax plan in tonight’s debate? Over the last two weeks, Romney’s been denying the very existence of the $5 trillion in tax cuts skewed toward millionaires and billionaires that he’s been running on for months. That’s because[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012.  Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, issued the following statement in response to the Huffington Post piece “Live Action Undercover ‘Sting’,” which reveals that an activist affiliated with the anti-choice group, Live Action, approached several leading women’s organizations, including NARAL Pro-Choice America, seeking a meeting[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012.  People For the American Way today urged schools to withstand pressure from the anti-gay American Family Association to drop out of an anti-bullying day organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The AFA has been pressuring schools to drop out of the October 30 Mix[Read More…]