Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. L. Toni Lewis, MD, Chair of SEIU Healthcare issued the following statement today in response to a new data from the Department of Health and Human Services that shows that the Affordable Healthcare Act extended insurance to 2.5 million young adults: “The latest update on the[Read More…]
Commentary
House Lawmakers Vote In Favor Of Federal Legislation Outlawing So-Called ‘Synthetic Cannabis’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. Members of the US Congress, House of Representatives voted 317 to 98 last week in support of HR 1254, the Synthetic Drug Control Act. The act criminalizes the possession or use of “any substance that is a cannabinoid receptor type 1 agonist” by classifying all such[Read More…]
House GOP Spending Bill Laden with Special-Interest, Anti-Environmental Riders
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. The House Republican omnibus bill contains anti-environmental riders that do nothing to save taxpayers money. And it is unacceptable. The following is a statement by Scott Slesinger, legislative director of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This bill continues the House GOP leadership’s attacks on the environment. Must-pass[Read More…]
Audubon Leader Comments on Gulf of Mexico Initiative
New Natural Resources Conservation Service program joins other Gulf of Mexico restoration developments Gerry Ellis – Mississippi Delta Baton Rouge LA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced the Gulf of Mexico Initiative, which will deliver up to $50 million in financial and easement assistance over[Read More…]
GOP Iowa Debate: Candidates Prefer Postville-style Immigration Enforcement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Just 200 miles northeast of the GOP debate podiums in Des Moines, Iowa, lies the town of Postville, where the embers of destructive “enforcement only” immigration policies supported by Republicans still smolder. About 20 percent of Postville’s population of 2000 was rounded up in a federal[Read More…]
Supporting Judge Mat Delort for the Appellate Court
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski I strongly endorse Mat Delort for judge of the appellate court. Here’s why. I have known Mat Delort. I have known him for quite some time. Mat, for a number of years, was our Village Attorney in Park Forest. His goal? To keep the Village of[Read More…]
On Hating Muslims
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Why are some Christians such haters? I know there are other groups that do terrible things, but, face it, some "Christians" win the prize for hate everlasting. Remember Pastor Terry Jones? Remember his press conferences when he threatened to burn the Holy Qur’an? Look, I, and[Read More…]
SEIU Still Proudly Endorses President Obama In 2012
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) released the following statement about a fake press release purporting that SEIU had pulled the endorsement of President Obama made by SEIU members on November 16: “We stand by our endorsement of President Obama as part of a broader ’99[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Obstruction of Richard Cordray To Head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. Undermining the new era of Wall Street accountability is exactly what Senate Republicans intended by today’s filibuster of the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The vote had nothing to do with his outstanding qualifications, but with the very idea of[Read More…]
Wisconsin Medical Marijuana Opponents Are Heartless Idiots
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. People like Rep. Scott Krug (R-Wisconsin Rapids) need to do basic research before they talk to the media about medical marijuana policy in Wisconsin. Avoidance tactics and anti-medical marijuana catch phrases might work for people in Wisconsin that aren’t educated on the topic of medical marijuana. However,[Read More…]
