Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new issue brief looking at how immigrants have historically played—and continue to play—a key role in U.S. military readiness. In the wake of the Senate’s passage of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, in[Read More…]
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New Report Offers Recommendations to Protect Taxpayers’ Share of Offshore Drilling Revenues
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Today, a report released by the Center for American Progress finds that the leading natural resource revenue sharing proposal in Congress, called the Fixing America’s Inequities with Revenue, or FAIR, Act, would cost U.S. taxpayers more than $49 billion of lost offshore drilling revenue between 2014[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Economist Adam Hersh on October, 2013 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of October’s employment figures: Today’s data show the surprising resilience of U.S. labor markets even as extreme conservatives in Congress risked economic calamity by hijacking the political debate. The U.S. economy[Read More…]
$37 Million in Revenue Lost Each Day Without Immigration Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. Today, as Americans wait for the House of Representatives to take up immigration reform, new analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP) shows the substantial impact that the passage of reform would make. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity,[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Experts on the Senate’s Historic ENDA Vote
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, which provides basic protections from employment discrimination to the nation’s 8 million LGBT workers. The Center for American Progress released the following statements: Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress: When an LGBT[Read More…]
Senator Lindsey Graham Leads New Attack on Women’s Health and Rights
Senate bill follows House in attempting to enact unconstitutional ban on abortion at 20 weeks NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. After anti-choice politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a blatantly unconstitutional nationwide ban on nearly all abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy this summer, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: Extreme 20-Week Abortion Ban Takes Personal Medical Decisions Out of the Hands of Women and Their Doctors
60 Percent of Americans Support Access to Abortion at 20 Weeks in Cases of Severe Fetal Abnormalities Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards strongly condemned dangerous legislation introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham that would ban abortion at 20 weeks nationwide. Bills like this one[Read More…]
New Report Offers Recommendations to Address Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Noveber 7, 2013. As the debate continues in Congress and the Department of Defense as to how we should address sexual assault and criminal justice system reform in the military, the Center for American Progress released a report that takes a historical look at the problem and offers recommendations.[Read More…]
FAA Addresses Privacy in Domestic Drone Testing Rules, Leaves Out Specifics
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. The Federal Aviation Administration today announced its rules for the testing of domestic drones in six areas around the country. The rules say that the state or local agencies overseeing the test sites must have publicly available plans for privacy, data use, and data retention, and that[Read More…]
Routine Traffic Stop Turns Into Nightmare After 14-hour Anal Cavity Search for Drugs; Lawsuit Filed Against Police Claims Invasive Search that Violated Civil Rights
Drug Policy Alliance Statement: War on Drugs Shreds 4th Amendment and Devastates Police/ Community Relations NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. According to recently discovered court documents, a Deming, NM man was subjected to a nightmarish 14-hour anal cavity search for drugs after allegedly running a stop sign. No drugs were found[Read More…]
