Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. Raising the Minimum Wage through Executive Order to $10.10 for Federal Contract Workers & Calling on Congress to Finish the Job for All Workers by Passing the Harkin-Miller Bill Year of Action: Making Progress Through Executive Action The President wants to work with Congress to pass[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014. Once called “America’s tuning fork,” Pete Seeger believed deeply in the power of song.  But more importantly, he believed in the power of community – to stand up for what’s right, speak out against what’s wrong, and move this country closer to the America he knew[Read More…]

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2014.  Today the Department of Defense announced the deployment of M/V Cape Ray from Portsmouth, Va. M/V Cape Ray is the primary contribution of the Department of Defense toward international efforts to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons material program. Over the last several months, hundreds of government and contract[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2014 – 1:43 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Welcome to the White House on the day before the State of the Union address.  I have no announcements to make, so I’ll go straight to your questions. Associated Press. Q    Let’s start with Syria.  The talks in Geneva do[Read More…]