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US lawmakers are urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make it clear that Washington will withhold funds for elections in Haiti next month if they are not going to be free, fair and inclusive.
The US State Department said Friday it would respond later to the letter from Maxine Waters and 44 other members of Congress.
by Joseph Pimentel
California Assemblymember Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) are seeking a moratorium on foreclosures from banks while also calling on state and federal regulators to investigate them for possible illegal and improper actions.
By Robert Naiman
Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy
by John Taylor, President and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition
If Washington is serious about addressing job creation, the White House and Congress should support the expansion of a 33-year-old law, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), legislation that has invested over a trillion dollars into our economy during the past decade.