WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 — House and Senate appropriators have put forward a bill that includes substantial cuts in the enforcement budget of the Environmental Protection Agency and a number of provisions that would thwart efforts to protect health and the environment. But the bill does not include the most damaging[Read More…]
Opinion
People Over Petcoke: Chicago Denies Rule Exceptions
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014 – As mounds of oil refining waste continue to loom near homes, parks and schools on Chicago’s Southeast Side, the City of Chicago today rejected requests for looser regulation of petcoke and coal piles in the area. The City rejected variance requests from KCBX which would have[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Budget Bill
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2014. This week, Congress will consider a budget bill to keep the federal government funded through the end of the fiscal year. In response, Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director, released the following statement: “House Republicans are at it again. In their last act of the[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report Explores Framework for State-Level Promise Zones as Way to Tackle Poverty
As New State Governments Prepare to Convene in Early 2015, State Promise Zones Offer an Area of Potential Bipartisan Compromise Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. A new report from the Center for American Progress offers a framework for states to implement comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to revitalize high-poverty areas through state[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Congress’ Spending Bill Further Empowers Wealthy Donors
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. Congressional negotiators reached a deal last night on an omnibus spending bill to close the 113th Congress. A provision will increase the maximum legal contribution an individual can give to all three national party committees combined to more than $1.5 million per two-year election cycle. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School[Read More…]
New Demos Report Underscores Racial Bias in American Campaign Finance System
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. On the heels of the nation’s most expensive mid-term election cycle, where federal political spending hit a $3.7 billion high, the national public policy organization Demos released a new report that examines the inherent racial bias in our big money political system. A follow-up[Read More…]
A Statement by Dr. Amara Enyia on the 2015 Municipal Election Experience
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2014. For more than a year, I’ve traveled the city on a mission to spread a message about an equitable, thriving Chicago with fresh leadership that is willing to break from the status quo. That message has resonated throughout every neighborhood, ethnic group, and age group in the[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Senate Report Concludes CIA Torture Brutal, Ineffective
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the executive summary of its long-anticipated report today, revealing details about the CIA’s brutal post-9/11 torture programs. The report found that the CIA’s abuse of detainees was far more brutal and widespread that previously known, that CIA officials not[Read More…]
Council on American-Islamic Relations Seeks ‘Accountability’ Following Release of Senate Torture Report
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said a long-awaited report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s use of torture in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks should prompt “accountability,” along with changes in[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Vice President for National Security Vikram Singh on Release of Senate Torture Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. Center for American Progress Vice President for National Security and International Policy Vikram Singh issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its long-awaited report on the use of torture by the CIA after 9/11: We commend Sen. Feinstein and[Read More…]
