NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. Nearly 9 in 10 Americans agree that there is way too much corporate money in politics, and 51 percent strongly agree, according to a new poll released today by the Corporate Reform Coalition. The survey, conducted by Bannon Communications, found overwhelming support for strong, common[Read More…]
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Medical Marijuana Advocates Launch New Election-Based Website: VoteMedicalMarijuana.org
New tool enables patients, advocates to make informed choices by reviewing voting record of elected officials Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched a new website today — VoteMedicalMarijuana.org — that provides patients and their supporters with the tools they need[Read More…]
NEW REPORT: A Dual Disenfranchisement—How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. The Center for American Progress yesterday released a new report titled, “A Dual Disenfranchisement: How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color,” showing that voting rights is a reproductive justice issue. During this year alone, nearly 1 million women of color will be[Read More…]
New Video Illustrates What Caused America’s Debt
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. In a new explanatory video Michael Linden, Director of Tax and Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress, offers a remarkably clear look at the precise sources of the $6 trillion in government debt accumulated over the last decade. The federal budget deficit consistently polls[Read More…]
New Report: 210,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in Colorado in the Last 25 Years
Blacks and Latinos Disproportionately Arrested Colorado Voters to Decide on Making Marijuana Possession Legal With November Vote New York–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. With just two weeks remaining before Colorado’s voters decide whether to make marijuana possession legal in their state, a new report — “210,000 Marijuana Arrests In Colorado, 1986-2010” —[Read More…]
Richard Mourdock is Romney Unmasked
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2011 Last night Republican candidate Richard Mourdock confirmed what Todd Akin brought to light earlier — that the radical fringe currently in control of the GOP holds misogynistic and deeply unpopular views about women, rape and reproductive rights. Anyone who thinks[Read More…]
Must-Read: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Politico ‘Americans Don’t Want Grand Bargain’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2012. Americans are about to choose among candidates who are debating whether to cut benefits for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and whether the richest Americans should pay their fair share of taxes. Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and increase[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls on Gov. Romney to Withdraw His Endorsement of Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2012. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, challenged presidential hopeful Gov. Mitt Romney to withdraw his endorsement of Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for his extreme anti-choice position. During last night’s Indiana Senate candidate debate forum, Mourdock declared that, “even when life begins in that horrible situation[Read More…]
President Obama Stands Up to China, For Auto Workers
Official Statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012. “Last night’s debate offered a clear view into the differences between President Obama and Mitt Romney on issues of importance to working families. Romney’s weak attempts to deflect attention from his positions on China and the auto bailout are[Read More…]
Governor Cuomo: No Pay Increase For Legislators Until They Decriminalize Marijuana
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Wants To Prevent Pay Increases For Legislators NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Coordinator While the discussion of marijuana policy may be noticeably absent from the current dialogue in the presidential race, one prominent Democratic Party member is not backing down on[Read More…]
