Pro-choice champions attempt to block defunding language and protect women’s health clinics Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. Ignoring calls from elected officials and other key leaders, the U.S. Senate today voted 52-47 to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The measure was passed through[Read More…]
Opinion
Planned Parenthood: Senate Chooses Politics Over Compassion in Week of Tragedy
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. Mere days after an unthinkable tragedy in Colorado Springs, CO, where three people were killed and nine others injured from a gunman at a Planned Parenthood health center, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) pushed through an ideologically driven budget reconciliation bill. The bill[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on November 2015 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the November 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. The BLS announced that the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0 percent last month. The November[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on Senate’s Failure to Protect Americans from the Next Mass Shooting One Day After the Last Mass Shooting
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement following the rejection of a number of common-sense gun violence prevention proposals by the Senate majority this afternoon: Barely 24 hours after the worst mass shooting in the United States since the massacre[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: As Comment Period Ends, Groups Challenge Justice Department on BP’s Latest Tax Break
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. A letter from Friends of the Earth and 16 other groups was sent this morning to Attorney General Loretta Lynch. It calls on the Justice Department to ensure that the costs of BP’s latest Deepwater Horizon settlement are not passed along to taxpayers. In[Read More…]
New Poll: Nearly Nine in 10 Americans Want Labels on GMO Food
American voters say consumers should have the right to know if their food is genetically modified. WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. By an overwhelming margin, American voters say consumers should have the right to know if their food is genetically modified, with 89 percent in support of mandatory GMO labeling,[Read More…]
NRDC: U.S. House Votes to Take Our Nation’s Energy Policy in the Wrong Direction
Bill is Boon for Dirty Energy WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015 – The House today passed an energy bill filled with outdated energy policies that continue to favor the fossil fuel industry above all other priorities. The bill would lift the ban on crude oil exports, allow pipelines to cut through our[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds CARD Act Helped Consumers Avoid More Than $16 Billion in Gotcha Credit Card Fees
Concerns Remain About Other Back-End Practices Such As Deferred-Interest Promotions WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2015. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report detailing how the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act) has helped reduce the cost of “gotcha” credit card fees by more[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2015. On the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Hillary Clinton delivered an address at the National Bar Association’s “The Role Lawyers Played in the Montgomery Bus Boycott’s Commemoration Tour” on the acts of courage and sacrifice from many throughout the civil rights movement and the[Read More…]
Statement from BYP100 on the Firing of CPD Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2015. The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) is pleased to learn that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken one necessary step towards holding himself and the city of Chicago accountable for its promotion and support of systemic violence against Black people by firing Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Mayor[Read More…]
