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April 03, 2009
April 3, 2009The Department of Justice has initiated removal proceedings against a Sharon, Penn., resident who served as an armed SS guard at two Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Full release.
Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers (USW) made the following statement in response to the latest U.S. jobless report as Congress starts a two-week recess to listen to American workers on the global economic crisis. Full release.
In a landmark decision released earlier today, the Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling finding that the state must recognize full marriage equality for same-sex couples. In a unanimous ruling, the court's justices found that to deny same-sex couples access to marriage violates the Equal Protection clause of the Iowa constitution. The court wrote that it was "firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective," adding that, "The legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification." Full release.
A federal bill was introduced yesterday that, if passed into law, would remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive industrial hemp. The chief sponsors of HR 1866, "The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009," Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX), were joined by nine other U.S. House members split between Republicans and Democrats. Full release.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on Labor Department statistics released this morning showing that 663,000 jobs were lost in the month of March and an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, the highest rate in 26 years. Full release.
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine commended the Senate today on the passage of President Obama's budget which takes a responsible approach to cutting the deficit and makes critical investments in infrastructure, health care, renewable energy, and education. Full release.
The United States Senate unanimously confirmed late last night the nomination of Karen Gordon Mills to serve as Administrator of the Small Business Administration. The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Wednesday held a confirmation hearing and unanimously reported the nomination to the full Senate. Full release.