Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. The United States House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the Rohrabacher-Farr medical cannabis (marijuana) amendment to the Commerce, Science, and Justice (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015 by a margin of 242 to 186. The Rohrabacher-Farr medical cannabis amendment bans the Department of Justice from[Read More…]
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ACLU: Senate Passes USA Freedom Act
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. The Senate passed the USA Freedom Act today, a bill to amend the Patriot Act’s Section 215 and other surveillance authorities. Jameel Jaffer, American Civil liberties Union deputy legal director, had this reaction: “The passage of the USA Freedom Act is a milestone. This is the[Read More…]
Half of Older Households Have No Retirement Savings
Senator Bernie Sanders Cites GAO Study in Push to Expand Social Security WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015 – A new study prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) found that more than half of all American households with someone 55 or older have no retirement savings. The Government Accountability Office study was requested[Read More…]
Public Citizen Applauds Senator Warren for Pushing the SEC to Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. Statement of Lisa Gilbert, Director, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division: Public Citizen applauds U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) letter (PDF) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White raising issues concerning the agency’s regulatory and enforcement work. Sen. Warren’s thoughtful and detailed[Read More…]
Census Bureau Releases New Public Education Finance Data
Per Pupil Spending Varies Heavily Across the United States Download Public Education Finances: Amount Each State Spent per Pupil in 2013 [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015 — Per pupil spending for the nation was $10,700 during fiscal year 2013, a 0.9 percent increase from 2012, but varied[Read More…]
NRDC: House Passes Bill that Guts Critical Fisheries Law and Threatens to Reverse Years of Progress
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015 – The House passed a measure late Monday that would gut the landmark Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which is bringing back U.S. fisheries from collapse. The legislation weakens key fishery conservation protections, such as annual catch limits and successful timelines for rebuilding depleted stocks. In addition,[Read More…]
GLAAD Responds to Vanity Fair Cover Featuring Caitlyn Jenner
LOS ANGELES –(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today responded to Vanity Fair’s July 2015 cover, featuring Caitlyn Jenner. “By sharing her journey with the world, Caitlyn Jenner is accelerating acceptance of transgender people everywhere and reminds us all how important it is to[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report Outlines Short-Term and Long-Term Strategies for Medicare Payment Reform
A doctor is shown examining a patient in June 2012. SOURCE: AP/Jeff Barnard Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. A new report published by the Center for American Progress evaluates the performance and effectiveness of alternative payment models for Medicare. CAP’s analysis argues that when it comes to Medicare payment reform,[Read More…]
Man Demands City Contain Fart Smells After Council Bans Marijuana Odor
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015. I have heard of marijuana odor bans before. I have always thought that they were ridiculous because municipalities are trying to ban the smell of nature. How is that even enforceable? How can law enforcement, or citizens for that matter, differential the smell of marijuana from[Read More…]
Will Putting Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Behind Bars Accomplish Anything?
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 28, 2015 By: Stefanie Jones Friday Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht will be sentenced. He faces the possibility of between 30 years to life behind bars because drugs were bought and sold on his website. The prosecution is painting him as a major drug dealer and blaming him[Read More…]
