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October 02, 2009
October 2, 2009Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press availability in her office in the Capitol today following the announcement of the 100 percent recycled Congressional Record. Below is a transcript of the brief question and answer session. Full release.
The defenders of film director Roman Polanski - charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and then fleeing the country - are starting down a slippery slope by trying to redefine what rape is. Full release.
U.S. Conference of Mayors President Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels today announced that 1,000 mayors, representing more than 86 million Americans, have now signed The U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement -- a landmark pledge for mayors all across the country to take bold action to significantly reduce carbon emissions in cities. Full release.
The following is a statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the September Employment Report: "Today's jobs report shows that employers will need stronger evidence of a reviving economy before they will start adding workers to their payrolls. Employers shed jobs for the 21st straight month in September and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 percent." Full release.
The Georgia NAACP State Conference has launched an investigation into Cracker Barrel to gain a better understanding of the conditions that allowed an African American woman to be severely beaten inside a restaurant, while her assailant shouted racial slurs. Full release.
Concerned Americans who want to contribute immediately and safely to aid victims of the tsunamis in the South Pacific and earthquakes in Peru and Indonesia can do so at https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=4752, according to CAFAmerica, which promotes borderless charitable giving as part of the CAF International Network, which spans six continents and has over $4 billion of charitable funds under management. Full release.
The Wealth Hazards WorryIndex(TM) now shows that the number of people who fear that they may be left out of the current recovery has grown to 46 percent versus 31 percent just one month ago. As the stock market has regained some of its value and the high rate of job losses has slowed, people have begun to question "when will these improvements help me?" An alarming number of people now feel that their lives will not improve until early or mid-2010, according to the most recent survey from Wealth Hazards. Forty-six percent of survey respondents now feel that a real recovery is still many months away. Their main concern is "how durable is the current recovery and when will I benefit from it?" Full release.
President Obama encouraged Democratic governors Thursday to continue their work creating jobs, rebuilding their economies and expanding opportunity - even during tough times. Full release.