Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. Statements of Public Citizen Experts on Elizabeth Warren’s Legislation to Combat the President-Elect and Vice President-Elect’s Financial Conflicts of Interest Note: Today, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the ‘‘Prevention of Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017.’’ The legislation seeks to require the president to[Read More…]
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Sen. Warren Raises Concerns About Education Secretary-Designate’s Experience, Positions, and Priorities
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a 16-page letter to the U.S. Department of Education Secretary-Designate, Betsy DeVos, raising questions about DeVos’ experience, positions, and priorities. This letters comes in advance of DeVos’s confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee[Read More…]
Democrats Introduce Bill to Require President and Vice President to Fully Divest Personal Financial Conflicts of Interest
Senators Also Reiterate Their Demand for Trump to Comply with Constitution’s Emoluments Clause Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. Today, Democratic members of Congress introduced the Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 in the United States Senate and House that would require the President and Vice[Read More…]
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Department of Justice Move to Dismiss Dakota Access Lawsuit
The lawsuit came after the Army Corps decision to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement Flags fly at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in 2016, near Cannonball, North Dakota. Lucas Zhao / CC BY-NC 2.0 Cannon Ball, ND —(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. On Friday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed a motion with[Read More…]
Union Workers, Not Donald Trump, Pushed Fiat Chrysler Into Creating 2,000 Jobs
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017 By Laura Clawson Great news: Fiat Chrysler has announced a $1 billion, 2,000-job investment in plants in Michigan and Ohio. Donald Trump didn’t quite claim credit in his predictable tweet about the news, but Reuters, for instance, reported the story with the headline “Fiat Chrysler ups the ante as automakers[Read More…]
EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Sued the Agency 13 Times and Has 8 Cases Still in the Works
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017 By Mark Sumner Donald Trump’s Secretary of State nominee may be the head of ExxonMobil, the man behind a $500 billion deal to drill the high arctic, and a ready source of funds for climate denying Congressmen. But Tillerson is warm and fuzzy panda next to[Read More…]
Meryl Streep Slams Donald Trump. Trump Throws Twitter Tantrum (Of Course)
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017 By Barbara Morrill Meryl Streep On Sunday night, award-winning actor Meryl Streep, in accepting the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award, took aim at Donald Trump: But there was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good;[Read More…]
National Veterans Art Museum Acquires Thirty-One Screen Prints by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
‘Black Heart’ Source: NVAM Sponsorship to purchase the Vonnegut collection provided by generosity of the Nielsen Family. Chicago, IL – (ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2017. The National Veterans Art Museum’s (NVAM) has announced the major acquisition of 31 screen prints created by the late World War II veteran and famed author Kurt[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest for the Week of January 8, 2017
South Suburban College’s Children’s Theatre Company to Perform ‘Beauty & the Beast’ Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — Looking for something to do with the kids on these cold winter days? The Children’s Theatre Company of SSC is celebrating its 30-year anniversary with Michele L. Vacca’s enchanting and warmly amusing dramatization of[Read More…]
Trump to Cede 13 Million Jobs to China Over Next 4 Years, In Just One Industry
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2017 By Idontknowwhy Thanks to Trump we lose millions of jobs. As Donald betrays our nation to Putin in an act of treason he is also handing the biggest source of new good jobs to china according to this Think Progress article and this report from International Renewable Energy Agency[Read More…]
