July 01, 2008

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey will deliver remarks about the Department's efforts to protect voting rights and enforce specific federal laws that help to ensure that all qualified voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots on WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2008, at 8:45 A.M. EDT at the 7th annual Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Symposium at the Department's National Advocacy Center.
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Jovita Carranza, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced during a tour of Iowa today that disaster victims now have increased benefits, including immediate access to loans of up to $14,000 without collateral and a $500,000 increase in the disaster loan cap to businesses. The changes, which were recently signed into law under the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvement Act of the 2008 Farm Bill, have officially been implemented by the SBA this week. Full release

The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA), strongly supports this week's resolution by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to support "The 30% Solution," a comprehensive package of achievable and affordable residential energy-efficiency measures proposed for inclusion in the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Full release

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today launched a radio ad campaign on Air America radio network urging listeners to call Senator John McCain and tell him to stop plotting with Colombian leaders on a trade deal until trade union leaders stop getting murdered. Full release

232 years to the day since it was first printed, an original copy of the Declaration of Independence will once again be in the people's hands this July 4th, as part of Declare Yourself's non-partisan initiative to register every new voter in time for election day. Founded by producer Norman Lear, Declare Yourself has registered nearly two million voters in the past four years. Full release

The New Hampshire Health Care Association (NHHCA) and the American Health Care Association (AHCA) today praised Senator John Sununu (R) for helping lead bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Senate to stop Medicare cuts from going into effect. To Senator John Sununu's great credit, he has resisted enormous pressure from the Bush Administration, and has taken a major bipartisan leadership role in Congress to stop these cuts from going into effect. Full release

The following was issued today by the Republican National Committee: By Orson Swindle, Op-Ed, July 1, 2008: [P]reviously promising Americans a new kind of politics this election season, Obama has gone back on his word one too many times, revealing to Americans a hypocrisy of epic proportions. Full release

When John McCain speaks to the National Sheriffs Association in Indiana today he will no doubt try to convince voters that he would give their sheriffs and local law enforcement officers the tools and resources they need to keep our communities safe. But that directly conflicts with Senator McCain's promise to pay for his decision to make the Bush tax cuts he once opposed permanent by vetoing every single spending bill that includes earmarks, the very legislative vehicle Congress often uses to fund critical law enforcement programs. Full release

Yesterday, Obama Released A New Campaign Ad That Shows His Shift On Welfare Reform: Obama's New Ad Aligns Him With Welfare Reform, But Fails To Mention His Opposition To The 1996 Federal Welfare Reform Legislation. "Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul 'slashed the rolls by 80 percent.' Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the 1996 federal legislation which precipitated the caseload reduction."(Teddy Davis and Gregory Wallace, "Obama Shifts On Welfare Reform," ABC News' "Political Radar" Blog, blogs.abcnews.com, 7/1/08) Full release

During a media availability in Harrisburg, PA today, Senator McCain, like President Bush before him, used word games in an effort to hide his support for a Social Security privatization plan that would blow a hole in the federal budget and dismantle Social Security as we know it. Asked how he intends to sell his support for President Bush's failed plan to privatize Social Security, McCain complained about the "demagoguery about quote privatization" then went on to describe the Bush plan. Full release

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