Law Could Have Hurt Hundreds of Thousands of Minority Voters Without ID Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012.  Voting rights advocates scored a clear victory today when a federal court rejected Texas’s restrictive voter ID law, which could have hurt hundreds of thousands of minority voters who lack the required ID. In[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012.  As Mitt Romney accepts the Republican nomination for President of the United States, Charles C. Owen Jr., from Boston, blasted the former Republican governor:  “Mitt Romney was a disaster as governor of Massachusetts, where he tried to raise fees on everyone from the blind to the[Read More…]

NRDC: This Will Benefit Businesses, Create Jobs and Cut Pollution   WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012  — President Obama’s executive order to promote industrial energy efficiency, announced today, is smart policy that will benefit businesses, create jobs and reduce pollution. The following is a statement from Kit Kennedy, Clean Energy Counsel at the[Read More…]

  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012  — The Department of Interior on Thursday agreed to allow Shell Oil to begin preparing to drill in America’s Arctic. Following is a statement from NRDC senior attorney Niel Lawrence: “Secretary Salazar is right to keep repeating that he will hold Shell accountable to make sure[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. FACT CHECK: Factory Closing Ryan Cited Happened Under President Bush Congressman Ryan and Mitt Romney never let the facts get in the way of a good narrative. And that certainly was the case tonight when Ryan blamed President Obama for a GM factory closing in Janesville, Wisconsin. [Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2012.   FACT CHECK: The Romney-Ryan Plan Would Turn Medicare Into Vouchers And Raise Costs For Seniors Congressman Ryan is not telling the truth about Medicare. He and Mitt Romney would turn Medicare into a voucher system and could raise out of pocket costs for retirees by as[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2012.  Tonight, Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin accepted the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States. Wisconsin retiree Tom Thornton offered this comment on his home state congressman: “Paul Ryan has been a leading voice in the worst Congress in history. His radical budget proposals[Read More…]

Portland, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–VoteVets.org and the National Security Network (NSN) responded to the heavy political rhetoric imbued in Governor Romney’s speech at the American Legion convention Tuesday afternoon, and the invasion of neocon Bush Administration foreign policy speakers at the convention, like former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Ambassador John Bolton. Major[Read More…]

Commentary By Gary Kopycinski The Village of Park Forest held a neighborhood meeting in East Lincolnwood this evening. Over two hundred residents attended. I say "the Village of Park Forest held a neighborhood meeting" because members of village board, the mayor, department heads, and several police officers and detectives were[Read More…]

  OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012.  It doesn’t take a genius to recognize that regulating marijuana like alcohol makes sense. But it certainly doesn’t hurt when more than 100 of them publicly acknowledge it. We’re proud to announce the endorsement of 100+ college professors from across Colorado and around the nation. These[Read More…]