Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. Governor Walker’s statement comparing workers and terrorists is revolting. It is clear that Governor Walker’s judgment is impaired, and that he is not qualified for the Presidency. I call on Governor Walker to personally and immediately retract his statement, and apologize sincerely to the millions of[Read More…]
Opinion
Center for American Progress Applauds Introduction of LEAP Act to Encourage Apprenticeship Programs
Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. Following Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)’s introduction of the Leveraging and Energizing America’s Apprenticeship Programs Act, or LEAP Act—which would create a tax credit for businesses that have apprenticeships programs—CAP President Neera Tanden released the following statement: Apprenticeships offer businesses the opportunity to[Read More…]
ACLU: Net Neutrality Vote a Victory for Free Speech
ACLU Hails FCC Decision to Adopt Strongest Ever Open Internet Protections WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. The Federal Communications Commission approved new regulations today reclassifying Internet providers as “common carriers” under Title II of the Communications Act. The rules would prohibit Internet service providers from blocking controversial or competing content or[Read More…]
Wisconsin Anti-worker Bill Hurts Families, State’s Economy; Gov. Walker Shouldn’t Sign
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. In response to the Wisconsin legislature’s passage of anti-worker “right-to-work” legislation, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “This terrible legislation hurts families and it hurts the economy in Wisconsin. Gov. Walker and his out-of-touch allies in the legislature have dealt a blow to working[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Social Security Too Important to Be Held Hostage to Congressional Politicking
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Rebecca Vallas, Director of Policy for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement yesterday in advance of the House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing on the Social Security Disability Insurance program: Social Security Disability Insurance has been a[Read More…]
With Medicare Payment Reform Gauntlet Laid, Center for American Progress Releases Recommendations to Reach Goal of 50 Percent from Alternate Models by 2018
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Last month, Health and Human Services, or HHS, Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, announced specific goals for payment reform in Medicare. Most importantly, Secretary Burwell set a goal that 50 percent of fee-for-service Medicare payments be made[Read More…]
NRDC: After Veto, President Should Reject the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Once and For All
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015 – President Obama today vetoed, as promised, congressional legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The following is a statement from Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This misguided Keystone XL bill, pushed by the fossil fuel industry, has met[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement: President Obama Vetoes Legislation Approving Keystone XL Pipeline
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. Today, President Barack Obama vetoed legislation put forward by Congress that would usurp presidential authority and approve the Keystone XL pipeline. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune issued the following statement: “President Obama said he’d veto this attack on his executive authority, and he[Read More…]
Earthjustice: President Vetoes Congress’s Keystone Pipeline Bill
President Obama rejects Congress’s attempt to approve short-sighted pipeline and circumvent State department review Concerned members of the public, organized by 350.org and other groups, carry a 200-yard inflatable pipeline around the Capitol Building in 2014, demanding that the President Obama reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Photo by[Read More…]
Nurses Welcome Veto of Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Raji Ward RN speaks at KXL Veto Action ‘Next Let’s Reject Project Outright to Protect Public Health’ Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. National Nurses United today welcomed President Obama’s veto of the Congressional legislative efforts to force the construction of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline from the forests of Alberta[Read More…]
