WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29 – Today, Senators Charles Schumer, Robert Menendez and Harry Reid will introduce an immigration reform outline. In anticipation, SEIU Executive Vice President Eliseo Medina issued the following statement: “As the eyes of the world focus on Arizona, it is clear that we need balanced, practical immigration solutions more[Read More…]
Commentary
Steelworkers Outraged Over Arizona’s Shameful Immigration Bill
Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2010. The United Steelworkers (USW) union is proud of its long history of fighting to preserve American jobs while at the same time supporting common sense immigration reform that protects the rights of individuals in accordance with the U.S. Constitution. “The recent law passed by the Arizona Legislature[Read More…]
Discredited Military Commissions Resume Despite Persistent Flaws
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2010. Four months after the Obama administration missed its deadline to close Guantánamo, the deeply flawed military commissions system has resumed there with closely watched pre-trial proceedings in the case of Omar Khadr beginning this week. The American Civil Liberties Union will be present for the pre-trial[Read More…]
Does it Make Sense to Lock Up a Man in a Wheelchair?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010. I got a call last week about this absolutely tragic story in Florida, which is as good an example of the senseless nature of our nation’s marijuana laws as any I have ever seen. John Haring, 45, is a quadriplegic who suffers daily from chronic pain,[Read More…]
Senators Urged To ‘Just Say No’ To Those Trying to Block Reform of Wall Street’s Shadow Markets
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20 – “On Tuesday, dozens of so-called ‘end users’ of derivative came to Washington to meet with senators on the Hill and to urge them to outright oppose or push for exceptions to any strong reform of these financial instruments that were traded on unregulated shadow markets run by[Read More…]
Amid Wrenching Change, Some Hopeful Signs For Journalism
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Headlines — ironically, given this subject — have proclaimed for some time that newspapers in the United States are dying, have documented bankruptcy filings by companies that own large news groups, and have noted thousands of[Read More…]
Alito Is Right: Schools Are Not Religion-Free Zones
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum Just when I think religious liberty is alive and well in public schools, a school district does something bizarre to give the First Amendment a bad name. The latest poster-case for misbegotten efforts[Read More…]
Congress Delays Medicare Physician Payment Cut Again to June 1
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010. Statement attributable to J. James Rohack, MD, President, American Medical Association. “Late last night Congress again delayed the 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut until June 1 to avoid a Medicare meltdown for seniors. Repeated delays and continued uncertainty combined with the fact that Medicare payments,[Read More…]
Senate Gridlock Hurts Seniors’ Health: Medicare Physician Payment Comes Down to the Wire Again
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. Statement attributable to J. James Rohack, MD, President, Ameircan Medical Association. “Medicare physician payment comes down to the wire today as the Senate scrambles once again to delay the 21 percent Medicare cut before physicians feel the impact in their payments this week and a Medicare[Read More…]
Treasury Secretary Geithner OP-ED: Financial Reform With Teeth
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2010. In an op-ed piece to be published in tomorrow’s The Washington Post, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner outlines the urgent need for strong financial reforms, noting that “the American people have suffered through too much to enact reform that does too little.” The text of the piece follows: Financial reform with[Read More…]
