Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discussed the Administration’s interagency review of the U.S. export control system, which calls for fundamental reform of the current system in order to enhance U.S. national security and strengthen our ability to counter threats such as the proliferation of[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, April 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Volcanic Ash / Monitoring Group in Operations Center / Embassies Throughout Europe Fielding Calls / Consular Officers Dispatched to Airports Secretary is Prepared to Travel to NATO Ministerial / Awaiting Final Decision from Brussels Regarding Whether Meeting will Take Place Russian adoptions / Head[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton Aboard Air Force One, April 20, 2010
En Route Andrews Air Force Base–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010 – 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Hey, guys, we good? Thank you all for joining us on the return flight home. Fire away. Q Goldman Sachs posted a near doubling in first-quarter earnings just days after the SEC launched its — said[Read More…]
Vice President Biden Announces Strengthening of Title IX
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Today, Vice President Biden announced that the Administration has issued a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter that withdraws a 2005 interpretation of Title IX policy. Enacted in 1972, Title IX mandates that any educational institution receiving federal funding for programs and activities cannot discriminate on the basis of[Read More…]
Senators Urged To ‘Just Say No’ To Those Trying to Block Reform of Wall Street’s Shadow Markets
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20 – “On Tuesday, dozens of so-called ‘end users’ of derivative came to Washington to meet with senators on the Hill and to urge them to outright oppose or push for exceptions to any strong reform of these financial instruments that were traded on unregulated shadow markets run by[Read More…]
Equal Pay Day 2010: Families Can’t Afford the Gender Wage Gap
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. It’s no longer breaking news this Equal Pay Day that women are a crucial part of today’s workforce. Women edged up to just 50 percent of workers on U.S. payrolls for the first time in October 2009, and two-thirds of American families with children now rely[Read More…]
UnitedHealthcare to Fill Temporary Gap in Health Coverage Facing 2010 College Grads Under Health Reform Legislation
Minneapolis, Minn.—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2010. UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, will extend the health coverage that graduating college students currently have under their parents’ plans until the new health reform provision requiring dependent coverage up to age 26 is fully implemented. As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable[Read More…]
Senator Baucus Comments on Health Insurance Coverage for Children up to Age 26
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today following the announcement that UnitedHealthcare and other insurance companies will begin allowing college students who graduate this year to remain on their parents’ health care plans now, before the health care reform law requires. Baucus played a[Read More…]
Senators Reid and Dodd Call on Senator McConnell to Stop Protecting Wall Street
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2010. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd sent a written response to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell today, responding to a recent letter from the Senate Republican Caucus outlining Republicans’ intent to protect Wall Street and keep the same rules in[Read More…]
Wall Street Reform Bill Addresses Problems Raised By Lehman Failure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. As the following chart demonstrates, H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, addresses some of the most egregious problems raised by the Lehman Brothers’ failure, which precipitated the costly taxpayer bailout put forward by President Bush in 2008. For a more complete analysis[Read More…]
