WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk of Illinois and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on Freddie Mac’s lawsuit over a rigged interest rate that affects interest rates on mortgages, student loans, credit cards and other loans.  Grassley and Kirk have questioned the Treasury Department’s[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2013. The U.S. Senate yesterday approved H.R. 933, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act by a vote of 73 to 26, taking a big step forward in preventing a government shutdown. The Senate bill passed today funds the government through September 30, 2013, the end of[Read More…]

Settles Lawsuit with ACLU and Americans United Regarding Proselytizing at State-Funded Baptist Children’s Home FRANKFORT, Ky.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. The Kentucky state government has agreed to make broad changes in its child-care system to protect children against religious coercion, indoctrination and discrimination in order to settle a decade-long federal lawsuit filed[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. Today’s vote in the UN Human Rights Council encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to continue on the path toward lasting peace and prosperity following decades of civil war and instability. This resolution, which builds on a similar 2012 resolution, reaffirmed that Sri Lanka must take[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 336,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 334,000. The 4-week moving average was 339,750, a decrease of 7,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]