WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Single and Double “Parachute” Hammocks Units: About 2,500 Manufacturer: Travel[Read More…]
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Seal the New Deal, President Obama: Invite Paul Krugman to an Economic Summit, and Listen to Him
Top left: The Tennessee Valley Authority, part of the New Deal, being signed into law in 1933. Top right: FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) was responsible for the New Deal.Bottom left: A public mural from one of the artists employed by the New Deal’s WPA program. Bottom right: President Barack[Read More…]
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Issues Statement on Report on High School Dropout and Completion Rates
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. “President Obama says, ‘When you drop out of school, you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country’. We need to educate our way to a better economy, and we won’t be able to do that if one in four kids who enter high[Read More…]
Students Urge Passage of DREAM Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. Today thousands of immigrant students held over 120 events in 28 states to support legislation that would allow talented DREAM students who view this country as their own to attend college, serve their nation, and earn a path to U.S. citizenship. In support of the National[Read More…]
House Hears Testimony On Landmark Employment Non-Discrimination Act
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. The House Education and Labor Committee heard testimony today on H.R. 3017, a bill that would finally end workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. There is also a version of that bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), pending in the Senate. Currently, it remains[Read More…]
Vice President Biden, Secretary Sebelius Issue New Report on Seniors and Health Insurance Reform
SILVER SPRING, MD–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today hosted a town hall meeting with seniors in Silver Spring, MD and released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Medicare: Making Medicare Stronger for America’s Seniors. The report, authored by[Read More…]
How Fox’s Chris Wallace Became Irrelevant
Commentary by Eric Boehlert You think the Obama White House hit a nerve over the weekend when it purposefully left Fox News Sunday off the president’s generous list of Sunday talk-show appearances? The subsequent whining and childish name-calling from Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace became incessant and, of course, revealed[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Biden to National Association of Insurance Commissioners
National Harbor, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2009. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very, very much. It’s so nice to be able to speak to an important person in New Hampshire and not have to ask for his vote. (Laughter.) I’ve spent many years in New Hampshire. It didn’t work very well,[Read More…]
White House Report: The Burden of Health Insurance Premium Increases on American Families
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2009. Today, speaking to a group of State Insurance Commissioners, Vice President Biden highlighted a new White House report documenting the burden of health insurance premium increases on families. “The status quo of rising premiums is simply unsustainable,” said Vice President Biden, “for families, for businesses, for state[Read More…]
Domestic Partners Seek To Intervene In Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin’s Domestic Partner Law
MADISON, WI–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2009. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion before the Wisconsin Supreme Court today on behalf of five same-sex couples asking that the couples be allowed to participate in a lawsuit that will decide whether the state’s newly enacted domestic partner law violates Wisconsin’s anti-gay marriage[Read More…]
