Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for September 2011. Retail sales surged 1.1 percent, exceeding private sector expectations of a 0.7 percent advance. Motor vehicle and parts sales jumped 3.6 percent. Sales excluding automotive dealers jumped 0.6 percent, also above private-sector[Read More…]
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Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Call on Super Committee to Protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for Seniors
Protecting Programs Critical to Seniors’ Health and Financial Security WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) sent a letter to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction yesterday to reject proposals that would reduce benefits to[Read More…]
Seed Time-Capsule Will Aid Study of Plant Evolution Amid Environmental Change
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Everything that scientists can ever know about long-gone creatures is what they can deduce from fossils. But what if they could resurrect actual specimens and compare their features with their modern-day descendants? That’s a notion that has University of Toronto biologists helping to create a seed[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Rick Perry’s Energy Plan: Wheeze, Baby Wheeze
Plan Would Poison Water and Air; Ratchet Up Rates of Asthma, Heart Disease, Birth Defects Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Today, Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry unveiled his energy plan for America. The plan, if implemented, will poison our air and water with toxic pollutants like soot, smog, arsenic,[Read More…]
SEIU: Additional Cuts to Medicaid Would Further Endanger African Americans and Latinos Battling Chronic Disease
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Dr. L. Toni Lewis, Healthcare Chair of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after the release of a new report from Families USA detailing how healthcare services funded by Medicaid are essential to African American and Latinos living with serious diseases. “Today’s[Read More…]
CAP Experts Dismantle the Right’s Alarmist Rhetoric Around High-Performing Students
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released a column dismantling claims that federal school accountability efforts are hurting our nation’s best and brightest students. A recent report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute claimed that the nation’s efforts to close achievement gaps by focusing on improving[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Navy Casualty, October 14, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Michael R. Tatham, 33, of University Place, Wash., was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident, Oct. 12, while on rest and recuperation leave from supporting[Read More…]
Army Releases September Suicide Data
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The Army released suicide data today for the month of September. Among active-duty soldiers, there were 16 potential suicides: two have been confirmed as suicide and 14 remain under investigation. For August 2011, the Army reported 19 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers. Since the release of[Read More…]
Join Occupy Denver on Saturday, October 15 as We Protest & March Against Greed & Corruption
DENVER–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Occupy Denver – Join Us 10-15-11 to March Against Greed & Corruption – Click here for a PDF flier you can print Descargar e imprimir en español Source: www.occupydenver.org
Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest 5% of Americans Cost the U.S. Treasury $11.6 million every hour
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- This in today from Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Prioriteis Project, on how much the Bush tax cuts are harming the nation’s economy: National Priorities Project, with support from Citizens for Tax Justice, has launched www.costoftaxcuts.com. A rolling counter depicts the amount of money lost to[Read More…]
