NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. In January, the newly-convened Senate has the authority to change filibuster rules by a majority vote, according to a letter sent to the Senate today by a group of leading academics and constitutional scholars. The letter includes diverse voices such as Michael McConnell (Stanford Law professor,[Read More…]
Opinion
Congo Peace Process Must Address Economic, Political, and Security Issues
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012. The existing peace process in eastern Congo must be enhanced to address the economic, political, and security issues that lie at the heart of the escalating conflict, according to a new Enough Project policy brief released today. The brief argues that, to date, the regionally[Read More…]
The Value of Unions and the Consequences of Right-To-Work Laws
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012. In the aftermath of Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) signing into law a measure to make Michigan the 24th state in the nation to adopt right-to-work legislation, the Center for American Progress today released a compilation of evidence shedding light on the many ways in which unions[Read More…]
Reforming Teacher Evaluation: One District’s Story of Collaboration from the Perspective of All Stakeholders
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012. As school districts across the nation continue to confront the challenge of how best to evaluate the performance of educators, the Center for American Progress today released a pair of reports detailing one district’s efforts to develop and implement a new evaluation system in a[Read More…]
Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Would Cause Hundreds of Thousands of Seniors to Become Uninsured
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012. As policymakers consider proposals to lower Medicare costs as part of the deficit-reduction debate, the Center for American Progress today released a new report finding that the proposal to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 years old would worsen the crisis of[Read More…]
Tell Vice President Biden To End His War On Marijuana In Colorado And Washington
Sign A Petition Calling For Vice President Biden To Respect Marijuana Reform In Colorado And Washington OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012. On November 6, the people of Colorado and Washington state passed ballot measures to make the possession of marijuana legal for all adults and to regulate the sale of marijuana in[Read More…]
Release Five Elderly Marijuana Prisoners From Federal Prison
No One Should Go To Jail For Marijuana Offenses OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012. There have been a lot of petitions going around lately, and I couldn’t be happier. Even if the White House chooses to ignore these marijuana petitions, we need to keep shoving them down their throats to keep awareness[Read More…]
United Steelworkers Calls on Mich. Gov. Snyder to Veto Right-to-Work-for-Less
Michigan working families deserve state ballot vote for their economic future Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012 – President Leo W. Gerard of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today in an appeal to common sense economics over politics as a Michigan lame-duck legislative session by Republicans rams through a ‘right-to-work-for-less’[Read More…]
NTSB Recommends Ignition Interlocks for All First-Time DWI Offenders and Endorses Development of Passive Alcohol-Detection Technology
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012. In its study on wrong-way driving crashes adopted today, the National Transportation Safety Board cited alcohol-impaired driving as the leading cause of these collisions and recommended that all first-offender alcohol-impaired drivers be required to have ignition interlocks installed on their personal vehicles. “The first step to address[Read More…]
Legal Violence in the Lives of Immigrants
How Immigration Enforcement Affects Families, Schools, and the Workplace Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2102. Today the Center for American Progress released “Legal Violence in the Lives of Immigrants: How Immigration Enforcement Affects Families, Schools, and Workplaces,” which draws upon more than 200 in-depth interviews conducted over 10 years to show[Read More…]
