CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. While Mitt Romney tonight said that we need “jobs…lots of jobs”, even independent economists have said that his policies would cost jobs and slow down the recovery. ECONOMISTS SAY ROMNEY’S ECONOMIC POLICY PLANS WOULD “DO MORE HARM IN THE SHORT TERM” AND “PUSH US DEEPER INTO RECESSION[Read More…]
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SEIU: Federal Courts Find Conservatives Worked to Diminish Latinos’ Votes
SEIU’s Eliseo Medina: Actions Speak Louder Than Words and Conservatives’ Show Hypocrisy of their Latino Outreach WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. Today, the discriminatory Texas voter ID law was blocked by a three-judge federal panel which cites the law would impose “strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor,” and largely impact minorities.[Read More…]
USW Applauds Obama Administration for Commitment to Industrial Energy Efficiency
Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012 – The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed today’s Executive Order signed by President Obama on Industrial Energy Efficiency. “U.S. manufactures and manufacturing workers are the most efficient in the world,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. “The goals the President laid out today of 40 gigawatts of[Read More…]
FACT CHECK: Ryan Advised GOP Leaders Not To Work With The President To Reduce Deficit
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. FACT CHECK: Ryan Advised GOP Leaders Not To Work With The President To Reduce Deficit Despite Congressman Ryan’s remarks about the debt, he advised Republican leaders not to work with the President to reduce the deficit because it would help his re-election prospects. Ryan led Congressional Republicans[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Victory for Texas Voters – Restrictive Voter ID Law Rejected by Federal Court
Law Could Have Hurt Hundreds of Thousands of Minority Voters Without ID Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. Voting rights advocates scored a clear victory today when a federal court rejected Texas’s restrictive voter ID law, which could have hurt hundreds of thousands of minority voters who lack the required ID. In[Read More…]
Massachusetts Workers Blast Mitt Romney: ‘Romney and His Corporate-Backed Allies in Washington Would Only Make Matters Worse’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. As Mitt Romney accepts the Republican nomination for President of the United States, Charles C. Owen Jr., from Boston, blasted the former Republican governor: “Mitt Romney was a disaster as governor of Massachusetts, where he tried to raise fees on everyone from the blind to the[Read More…]
New Obama Executive Order Promotes Industrial Energy Efficiency
NRDC: This Will Benefit Businesses, Create Jobs and Cut Pollution WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012 — President Obama’s executive order to promote industrial energy efficiency, announced today, is smart policy that will benefit businesses, create jobs and reduce pollution. The following is a statement from Kit Kennedy, Clean Energy Counsel at the[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama Administration Decision to Bow to Shell Oil’s Pressure in Arctic Is Premature, Wrong
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012 — The Department of Interior on Thursday agreed to allow Shell Oil to begin preparing to drill in America’s Arctic. Following is a statement from NRDC senior attorney Niel Lawrence: “Secretary Salazar is right to keep repeating that he will hold Shell accountable to make sure[Read More…]
Making Sense of the SEC Conflict Minerals Regulations: Enough Brief
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. On August 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, voted to adopt conflict minerals regulations for section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Following the vote, the Enough Project analyzed the 356-page text and published a new policy brief that summarizes reporting requirements for[Read More…]
Uganda Should Grant Rebels Amnesty in Exchange for Truth: Enough Report
GULU, Northern Uganda–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. The government of Uganda’s decision to remove a key provision in the country’s Amnesty Act threatens to impede efforts to end the notorious rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. To address this concern and ensure peace in the region, the government of Uganda[Read More…]
