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Senators Introduce SAFE Lending Act to Protect Consumers from Predatory Practices in Payday Lending

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016.  Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Tom Udall (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Stopping Abuse and Fraud[Read More…]

Democratic Leaders Criticize Republicans’ Reliance on Anti-Abortion Extremists

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016.   Today, Ranking Member Schakowsky and the Select Panel Democratic Members sent a letter to Chair Marsha Blackburn condemning the Republicans’ continued reliance on false evidence from David Daleiden and their newfound reliance on additional “documentation” from other anti-abortion extremists. In the letter the members[Read More…]

Democratic Select Investigative Panel Launches New Website

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016.   Yesterday, the House Select Investigative Panel Democratic Members announced the launch of a new website. The website is intended to be used as a tool for Members of Congress, the public, and the press to better understand the work of the Panel and to[Read More…]

The Colour-changing Comet

The colour-changing comet  EU–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2016 -Rosetta’s comet has been seen changing colour and brightness in front of the ESA orbiter’s eyes, as the Sun’s heat strips away the older surface to reveal fresher material.Rosetta’s Visible and InfraRed Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, VIRTIS, began to detect these changes in the sunlit[Read More…]

Congress Passes Seniors Bill

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016 – The Senate today unanimously approved and sent to President Barack Obama a bill to support and expand social and nutrition services for seniors. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leader in the effort to reauthorize and strengthen the Older Americans Act, applauded the bill’s passage. “A nation is[Read More…]

Senators Warren and Brown Urge Treasury Department to Investigate Involvement of U.S. Entities in Activities Revealed by ‘Panama Papers’

Senators ask for inquiry into whether U.S. or U.S.-linked companies may have facilitated money laundering or terrorist financing Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016.   In a letter sent to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) urged the U.S.[Read More…]

Federal Agencies Commit to Marijuana Scheduling Decision by Mid-2016

DEA, HHS, ONDCP Respond to Senators’ Requests Regarding Efforts to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research Washington, DC -(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016.  The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) responded on Monday to a letter from several U.S.[Read More…]

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