Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2011. All kinds of families have faced the prospect of job losses, downsizing, involuntary part-time work, and often less-generous benefits as a result of the Great Recession. Dual-earner, married couples may seem like the luckiest kind of families when it comes to unemployment since they have a[Read More…]
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Sierra Club: Shill, Baby, Shill – House Blocks Attempts to End Oil Subsidies and Rewards Big Oil with More Drilling
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2011. Today the U.S. House of Representatives rewards Big Oil with more access to drill in our waters and less oversight and accountability. House Leadership also sweetened the deal for Big Oil, blocking a vote to end billions of dollars in government tax breaks for the industry.[Read More…]
AAA Urges Legislators to Vote Against Bill That Increases Truck Speed Limits
AURORA, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–May 5 2011 – AAA urges Illinois legislators to vote no on SB 1913, which allows large tractor-trailer trucks to travel on all four-lane highways outside Chicagoland at 65 mph, as opposed to the current 55 mph speed limit. The bill has already passed through the Illinois Senate[Read More…]
CAP REPORT: America Can’t Afford $5 Billion in Ineffective Agricultural Subsidies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2011. Billions of dollars in agricultural subsidies would be better spent on deficit reduction while also investing in a clean energy future in our rural communities, argues a new paper out today from the Center for American Progress’s Jake Caldwell. The report, “Bad Seeds: A Plan to[Read More…]
GOP Medicare Proposal Doesn’t Work Like Members of Congress’ Health Care as Republicans Claim
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2011. The Center for American Progress has previously pointed out that the House Republican budget for fiscal year 2012 forces future beneficiaries out of Medicare into more expensive private plans. One of the ways Republicans are trying to sell their Medicare proposal is by claiming that beneficiaries[Read More…]
Guantánamo Documents Underscore Need For Independent Judicial Review, Says ACLU
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. A batch of formerly secret documents made public by news outlets today underscores the need for independent judicial review of the cases of men being held at Guantánamo, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The following can be attributed to Hina Shamsi, Director of the[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Radio Ads Protest Republican Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
“It’s that Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it, putting us at the mercy of insurance companies” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The Alliance for Retired Americans begins airing radio ads today protesting Republican budget cuts to Medicare and Social Security. The ad will air in Colorado, Missouri, and[Read More…]
Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Is Strongly Against Cutting Medicare
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The conservative assault on government marches on. Their latest trick is passage of the House Republican budget bill. This bill takes direct aim at Medicare by proposing to cut funding for the program and turn it into a fixed amount voucher that seniors would have to[Read More…]
Equity and Economic Inclusion Necessary for U.S. Economic Growth
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink hosted a convening with leading economists and policy experts to discuss the proposition that a focus on equity and economic inclusion is necessary to grow the U.S. economy. In the companion framing paper titled “Is Equity the Superior[Read More…]
Sierra Club: One Year after the BP Disaster Gulf Communities are Still in Crisis
New Orleans, LA–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011. One year after the largest oil spill in American history, Big Oil continues to rake in record profits, Congress has still not acted to hold BP accountable and thousands of working families and small business owners in the Gulf are still struggling to recover. Statement[Read More…]
