September 26, 2008

Community Organizers throughout the United States will be available for comment and analysis of the upcoming Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates. The organizers, who are taking part in the Campaign for Community Values (CCV), are available to discuss community organizing, health care reform, immigration-reform and worker rights. Full release

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008, which will extend and expand tax incentives for renewable energy and passed the House today by a vote of 257 to 166: "With the American people pinched at the pump, and seriously concerned about the state of the economy, the House has taken action again today to cut taxes for millions of middle-class families, invest in renewable energy technologies to create high-paying green jobs, make America more energy independent, and remove incentives in the tax code that encourage shipping jobs and investment overseas." Full release

When presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama meet in the election debate, it will be style and smoothness that will catch the ear of persuasion expert Randy Sparks. Full release

For the past three decades, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have worked with financial institutions to address the needs of the poor to obtain access to capital for: sustainable development, affordable housing in the U.S. and responsible lending in developing countries. ICCR is a coalition of nearly 300 faith-based institutional investors, representing over $100 billion in invested capital. Full release

John McCain has yet to decide whether he will join Barack Obama at the first presidential debate tonight in Oxford, Mississippi. SEIU members can think of 656 billion reasons why he should. That's the dollar amount -- to date -- that taxpayers have kicked in to pay for the Iraq War. It's an astonishing amount -- particularly when you calculate what it could have paid for here at home, including... Full release

Earlier this month, PSA gave the U.S. Government a "C" grade for its efforts to prevent a nuclear, chemical or biological terror attack on America. The PSA Advisory Board includes the former Chair and Vice Chair of the 9/11 Commission, six former Senators, four former National Security Advisors, former Secretaries of State and Defense, three former UN Ambassadors, and a former Governor. Full release

Adam J. Bonito and Christopher D. Giaquinto were charged today in an one-count information for carrying out a criminal conspiracy that interfered with the fair housing rights of two Muslim families living in Revere, Mass. The defendants were charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with repeatedly vandalizing and damaging vehicles parked in front of the duplex home shared by the two families in 2004 and 2005. The charging document alleges that the defendants conspired to vandalize a van believed to belong to one of the residents in order to interfere with the housing rights of the families because of their race, religion or national origin. The intended victim was a member of an Arab Muslim family living at a duplex residence in Revere. Full release.

Earlier this month, the Partnership for a Secure America gave the U.S. Government a "C" grade for its efforts to prevent a nuclear, chemical or biological terror attack on America. The PSA Advisory Board includes the former Chair and Vice Chair of the 9/11 Commission, six former Senators, four former National Security Advisors, former Secretaries of State and Defense, three former UN Ambassadors, and a former Governor. Now, this group is asking the candidates for President to propose solutions to five critical foreign policy challenges that both Democrats and Republicans will support. "As Democrats and Republicans," their statement begins, "we believe that the next President of the United States must initiate a new era of US global leadership based on bipartisanship at home and cooperative engagement abroad." Full release.

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