Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2012. On Saturday, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced that Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan would be his running mate in the 2012 election. Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune Released the Following Statement in Response: “There is a reason big polluters have given Paul Ryan hundreds of[Read More…]
Opinion
United Steelworkers: Ryan and Romney ‘Economic Twin Brothers’ For Ultra-Rich, Not Workers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2012. Leo W. Gerard, iinternational president of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement on Mitt Romney adding Paul Ryan to his presumed Republican national campaign ticket. “Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate pairs the anti-seniors Wisconsin congressman with the anti-worker[Read More…]
Audubon Statement on Secretary Salazar’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Announcement
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2012. Following today’s National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska announcement by Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, National Audubon Society President and CEO David Yarnoldissued the following statement: “The secretary’s plan shows that Americans can protect nature even on lands designated for energy production. It would be a great victory[Read More…]
AFSCME’s Saunders: Choice Between Obama-Biden and Romney-Ryan ‘Couldn’t Be Any Clearer’
Statement of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Pres. Lee Saunders following Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2012. “For years Mitt Romney has outsourced American jobs and stashed his wealth in offshore tax havens. Throughout his presidential campaign, he[Read More…]
Statement by SEIU President Mary Kay Henry on Mitt Romney’s Vice President Running Mate Choice of Rep. Paul Ryan
SEIU’s Henry: “Romney has shown the American people that he believes Rep. Ryan’s extremist, irresponsible and anti-worker agenda is what’s right for our country.” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2012. “If there were ever any doubt that Mitt Romney is not on the side of working people, today’s choice of Rep. Paul[Read More…]
NOW: Prospect of Romney-Ryan Administration Spells Disaster for Women and Nation
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2012. Republican Mitt Romney could not have picked a better running mate to telegraph the very essence of his campaign for president than Representative Paul Ryan. Together, these two candidates plan to lead the way in transferring even more wealth from[Read More…]
Flightless Fridays – Option B to Closing Airports Due to Congressional Sequestration Antics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. Read the analysis. Today, Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Scott Lilly released a column responding to criticisms of his “Oops, I Lost the Airport” report on the consequences of a looming 9 percent budget cut at the Federal Aviation Administration. Released last Wednesday Lilly’s report[Read More…]
Sacramento Hearing, Rally to Shine Spotlight – Aug. 15th
Sutter RNs fight cuts. What Do Hospitals Return to Community for Non-Profit Status? CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. Do California not-for-profit hospitals return an equitable benefit to the state and local communities for the huge tax privileges they receive for their non-profit status? Do they provide sufficient levels of charity care? Are[Read More…]
VoteVets.org Repudiates Anti-Veteran Comments from Rob Schilling; Calls on Rep. Hurt to do the Same
Charlottesville, VA–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. The largest group of progressive veterans in America, with over 220,000 supporters – VoteVets.org – is repudiating an anti-servicemember, anti-veteran rant from conservative radio host Rob Schilling. On a recent broadcast, Schilling smeared the service of Congressional candidate John Douglass, a retired Air Force Brigadier General,[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Predicts Plummeting Corn Yields Due to U.S. Drought
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. In the first estimates to take into account the extreme heat and droughts that have ravaged the country this summer, the Department of Agriculture predicted this morning that U.S. corn production will fall to 10.8 billion bushels for the 2012/2013 growing season, the lowest since the[Read More…]
