WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012.  After House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY 2013 budget resolution, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “The House Republicans’ budget resolution was written by the 1%, for the 1%. It enables millionaires and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012.  The budget proposed today by House Republicans is a blueprint of what our country would look like under their control – a government of, by, and for the 1%.  There’s nothing courageous about worsening the imbalance in our economy by protecting only the wealthiest, most powerful[Read More…]

NRDC: Ryan Budget ‘A Road Map to Social Dysfunction’  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2012 – The following is a statement from Scott Slesinger, legislative director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on today’s budget proposal from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. “The radical Ryan budget is a road map to[Read More…]

  Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Is it possible that most things we’ve been told about the legalization of drugs is just plain wrong? Perhaps fear-based? Are we just that terrified to think differently, as some other countries have done, decades ago? Welcome to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where marijuana has been[Read More…]

Commentary By Gary Kopycinski My brother Greg, a Lehigh graduate, is very, very happy tonight, for some strange reason. Guess I’ll have to "Duke" it out of him when I see him next. I have not idea why he’s so happy. Really. Congrats, Bro!

Statement of Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold  Rebecca Field   Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012.  The U.S. Senate’s $109 billion surface transportation funding bill passed yesterday by an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 74-22. The bill includes provisions to support both Gulf of Mexico restoration and American land preservation, which were[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 14, 2012.  The statement below was just passed by the AFL-CIO Executive Council AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement Opposing Cynical “JOBS Act” America needs jobs. Yet Congress cannot enact such basic legislation as the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Bill that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Instead,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2012.  The statement below was just passed by the AFL-CIO Executive Council AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement on Citizens UnitedTwo years ago, the Supreme Court seriously undermined our democracy when, continuing a trend of deregulatory campaign finance decisions, it ruled to allow unlimited independent campaign spending by business[Read More…]

NRDC: Passage Proves Bipartisan Bills Still Possible  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012 —  The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the Senate’s approval of  S.1813,  a transportation bill. “The Senate has shown that it’s still possible for bipartisan legislation to move forward in[Read More…]

“Women’s Health Express” makes last stop in Austin  AUSTIN–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012.  Tonight, on the eve of implementation of a new Texas rule sabotaging the Medicaid Women’s Health Program, hundreds of Texans rallied to make clear their disappointment that once again Texas politics is interfering in the health care decisions of[Read More…]