WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. The Supreme Court today ended a 2010 Term marked by big victories for big business with two important free speech decisions reflecting the Court’s expansive view of the First Amendment. Once again wading into the roiled waters of campaign finance reform, the Court struck down Arizona’s[Read More…]
Opinion
Tax Expenditures Are a Good Choice for Debt Limit Deal’s Deficit Reduction Cuts
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2011. Getting rid of the worst tax expenditures as a part of a debt limit deal would improve the efficiency of the tax code while raising much-needed revenue, and could appeal to both sides of the aisle as a useful deficit cutting strategy in the ongoing debt[Read More…]
Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced in Congress Today – Your Help is Needed
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2011. The first marijuana legalization bill was introduced in Congress this afternoon. H.B. 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, is a bi-partisan bill introduced by Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul that would allow states to legalize and regulate marijuana without federal interference. Marijuana lobbyist[Read More…]
Is This The Beginning or End of Old Plank Trail?
Old Plank Trail and Western Avenue in Park Forest. Is this the end of the trail? (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Is this the beginning or the end of Old Plank Trail? I thought of that Sunday afternoon as I neared the end of an 11 mile bike[Read More…]
Secretary Clinton Supports Syrian People in Op-Ed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2011. In an op-ed in the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemns the violent crackdown in Syria and calls for a transition to democracy. The full text of the Secretary’s op-ed follows. “There Is No Going Back in Syria” By Hillary Clinton As[Read More…]
Decision Time in Afghanistan: Details on Transition Needed
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2011. As Congressional interest in the direction and cost of the war in Afghanistan increases with the impending decision on U.S. troop withdrawal from the White House, the Center for American Progress released the issue brief, “Decision Time in Afghanistan: Obama Administration Needs to Put Details on[Read More…]
Ten Charts that Prove the United States Is a Low-Tax Country
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2011. The United States is a low-tax country. That’s true for individuals and for corporations, and it’s true whether you compare us to other countries or the America of the past. No matter how you slice it the conclusion is the same. Conservatives like to claim that[Read More…]
Advice for Obama’s Executive Reorganization Initiative—Six Lessons from the 1970s
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2011. White House officials are scheduled this week to present the president with recommendations for reorganizing and restructuring executive branch programs focused on competitiveness and trade, according to a memo from the president to his chief performance officer. The Center for American Progress today released a memo,[Read More…]
Frozen Federal Debt Could Do Serious Damage to the Recovery
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2011. A failure to raise the federal debt limit could be a disaster for the fragile economic recovery—and conservative threats to block action could already be causing harm. There’s been great concern about how financial markets might react to not raising the debt ceiling, but there’s a[Read More…]
As Gay Rights Advance, Should Religious Groups Get Accommodation?
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project When rights claims collide, what’s the collateral damage to society? That’s the painful question this week out of Illinois, site of the latest conflict between gay-rights laws and religious convictions. When the state’s new civil-unions law took effect June 1,[Read More…]
