Day: January 3, 2013

Statement from the White House Press Secretary on the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.  On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, the President signed into law: H.R. 8, the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” which makes permanent the temporary rates on taxable income at or below $400,000 for individual filers and $450,000 for married individuals filing jointly; permanently indexes the Alternative[Read More…]

Statement by President Obama on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.   Today I have signed into law H.R. 4310, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.” I have approved this annual defense authorization legislation, as I have in previous years, because it authorizes essential support for service members and their families, renews vital national[Read More…]

Sertoma Centre Executive Director Named to State Association Board

Alsip, IL—(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. Sertoma Center Executive Director Named to State Association Board Gus van den Brink, executive director of Alsip, IL -based Sertoma Centre, Inc., has been named to the Board of Directors for the Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF). IARF is a leading trade association comprised of[Read More…]

UN Concerned About Protection of Civilians Amid Reports of Violence in Central African Republic

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 January 2013 – The United Nations humanitarian office has voiced serious concerns about the protection of civilians amid reports of widespread looting and violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), where an armed rebel group had threatened to march on the capital. Following recent attacks on several towns in[Read More…]

Independent Evidence Confirms Global Warming in Instrument Record

  Carlsbad Caverns, captured by photographer Ansel Adams. Scientists can extract temperature records from the chemistry of layers in stalagmites and stalactites, corals, layered ocean sediments, ice cores, and other paleo proxy records. A new compilation of these paleo “proxies” reveals a pattern of global warming in the last 130[Read More…]

Joint Statement of Governors Cuomo and Christie on Congressional Failure to Pass Hurricane Sandy Relief Package

Albany, NY–(ENEWSPF)–January 2, 2013 “With all that New York and New Jersey and our millions of residents and small businesses have suffered and endured, this continued inaction and indifference by the House of Representatives is inexcusable. It has now been 66 days since Hurricane Sandy hit and 27 days since[Read More…]

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