Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2011. Click here to see how many of the nearly 300,000 jobs that would be lost by cutting health care funds are in your state. It’s budget time in Washington, which after last year’s congressional elections means everyone is focusing on reducing government spending. It’s easy to[Read More…]
Opinion
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton Misses The Mark On The Drug War (Video)
Commentary Recently, during an interview with Mexico’s Televisa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that the United States can’t legalize drugs "because there is just too much money in it." Apparently, Clinton doesn’t understand that there’s so much money to be made selling illegal drugs precisely because drugs are illegal.[Read More…]
AARP: Budget Would Protect Seniors’ Access to Doctors For Two Years, but Unfairly Cut Home Energy Assistance
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy A. LeaMond released the following statement in reaction to the Administration’s FY2012 budget request: “AARP recognizes that the large federal budget deficit provides many challenges that we must address as a nation. Our members believe it is important for the President and[Read More…]
The Ryan Roadmap Would Increase Medicare Premiums by More Than Thirty Percent in 2021
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011. While conservatives garner public attention with their effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, other conservative proposals to undermine our nation’s health care system are receiving less attention. Most notably, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chairman of the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives, advocates[Read More…]
House Republicans Dance with Budget Reality
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011. The House Republicans are gradually being forced, step-by-step, to concede that—notwithstanding their promise in the recent congressional election—even they don’t support the idea of cutting $100 billion from the 2011 nonsecurity, nonentitlement portion of the federal budget. The most recent step is crossing the Rubicon into[Read More…]
Bad Tax-Break Bill Punishes Seniors
Commentary From Phil Kadner at the Southtown Star, an article every senior in the state of Illinois should read: This is a column about a stupid state law inspired by petty politics. Because of the law, 300,000 booklets were mailed this week to the homes of Cook County senior citizens[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Statement on Mubarak Departure
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011–In response to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, CCR offered the following statement: “The Center for Constitutional rights offers its sincere congratulations to the Egyptian people on Hosni Mubarak’s departure. We rejoice with them and take inspiration in their extraordinary courage and vision. To have forced an[Read More…]
Show Me the Money–Conservatives Demonstrate That Cuts Alone Won’t Balance the Budget
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Conservatives for almost two years now have claimed that the federal budget deficit is solely a spending problem—and that the solution, therefore, is to just cut spending as deeply as possible. Before the 2010 congressional elections, then-House of Representatives Minority Leader Boehner (R-OH) promised to find[Read More…]
Op-ed by President Obama: Reagan Saw That ‘We Are All Patriots’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2011. This op-ed was originally published by USA Today. Reagan saw that ‘we are all patriots’ By Barack Obama Ronald Wilson Reagan was a believer. As a husband, a father, an entertainer, a governor and a president, he recognized that each of us has the power –[Read More…]
Statement of Secretary of Labor Solis on January Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2011. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the January 2011 Employment Situation report released today: “The unemployment rate declined by 0.4 percent to 9.0 percent, down 0.8 percent in the last two months. The private sector added 50,000 jobs, and revisions indicate 1.1[Read More…]
