WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2014. Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of coal executive Shaun McCutcheon’s effort to overturn aggregate campaign contribution limits. Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune Released the Following Statement in Response: “The Supreme Court’s decision today in McCutcheon v. FEC fundamentally contradicts the values that[Read More…]
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SEIU: SCOTUS McCutcheon Decision: Too Much Power for the Wealthy
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2014. After the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in McCutcheon vs. FEC, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “This ruling is an unwelcome sequel to the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United which will further erode[Read More…]
FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg Statement on Prescription Opioid Abuse
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. For more than a decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been working to address the important public health problems associated with the misuse, abuse, addiction and overdose of opioid analgesics, while at the same time working to ensure continued access to effective and[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Hand-held Auto-injector to Reverse Opioid Overdose
First naloxone treatment specifically designed to be given by family members or caregivers Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a prescription treatment that can be used by family members or caregivers to treat a person known or suspected to have had an opioid[Read More…]
Chrysler Recall of Certain Model Year 2011 – 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2014. SUMMARY: Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles manufactured from January 5, 2010, through September 8, 2013. The subject vehicles have a brake booster with a center shell that may corrode and allow water to get[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Offers a Lifeline on Immigration to Republicans, Urging Them to Act
“If you refuse to act in the next 34 days…[the President] will act without you.” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. Yesterday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) offered a lifeline to the Republican Party as time ticks away to pass an immigration reform bill in 2014. He spoke on the floor of[Read More…]
First UK Study of Ketamine for People With Severe Depression
UK–(ENEWSPF)–3 April 2014. The first UK study of the use of ketamine intravenous infusions in people with treatment-resistant depression has been carried out in an NHS clinic by researchers at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford. ‘Ketamine is a promising new antidepressant which works in a[Read More…]
New CAP Report Examines How LGBT Immigrant Detainees Are Affected by the Prison Rape Elimination Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. Yesterday, the Center for American Progress released a new analysis that examines “How the Prison Rape Elimination Act Helps LGBT Immigrants in Detention.” The brief, by CAP Policy Analyst Sharita Gruberg, details the risks that LGBT immigrants face in the U.S. detention system, why these standards[Read More…]
Neera Tanden on Supreme Court’s McCutcheon Decision
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2014. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission struck down the aggregate limits on the amount that an individual donor can contribute to candidates, political parties and political action committees. Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:[Read More…]
Illinois EPA Announces Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014. Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett as part of the Agency’s Earth Month activities, announced household hazardous waste collections have been scheduled in eight communities for spring 2014. Through household hazardous waste collections, citizens are given the opportunity to safely dispose of unused or leftover household products commonly[Read More…]
