Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2010. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd sent a written response to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell today, responding to a recent letter from the Senate Republican Caucus outlining Republicans’ intent to protect Wall Street and keep the same rules in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. As the following chart demonstrates, H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, addresses some of the most egregious problems raised by the Lehman Brothers’ failure, which precipitated the costly taxpayer bailout put forward by President Bush in 2008. For a more complete analysis[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  The House Education and Labor Committee today released estimates on how many jobs would be created or saved in local communities by the Local Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4812), legislation that would create jobs quickly in both the public and private sectors and help restore[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Dorothy Irene Height, long-time civil rights activist, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and “godmother of the women’s movement,” died of natural causes at 3:41 a.m. Tuesday, April 20, at Howard University Hospital, 27 days after her 98th birthday. “I am[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on Equal Pay Day: “Nearly a half century after the Equal Pay Act was enacted to ensure equal pay for equal work, this form of discrimination continues to impinge upon women’s rights in the workplace. As[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010 – The United Nations humanitarian wing is coordinating emergency aid and assessing the damage in northern Afghanistan following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others. The quake hit the mountainous Samangan province, northwest of the capital, Kabul, on[Read More…]

COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010.  Keli S. McGregor, Colorado Rockies Team President, was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Salt Lake City, Utah. McGregor 48, was in Utah on a business trip with team Chairman & CEO Charlie Monfort and Executive Vice President, Greg Feasel. No details surrounding McGregor’s[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Roger, thank you very much.  And let me thank everyone who participated in the program this morning and for those putting on this program.  It’s an honor to be here. Were I standing before you one year ago today, we’d be discussing the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010 – A United Nations human rights expert on foreign debt today welcomed a landmark debt relief law in the United Kingdom which limits the ability of so-called “vulture funds” to sue the world’s poorest countries in British courts for repayment of debts, saying they could have[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010 – The United Nations refugee agency has urged Australia to look for alternatives to detaining asylum-seekers arriving by boat who pose no health or security risk to the public, after the Government announced it will reopen a remote facility to house them. Last week the Government[Read More…]