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For Immediate Release: 5/17/13
New House Bill Disguises Obstruction of Wall Street Reform as Cost-Benefit Analysis
HR 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act, would impose cost-benefit analysis requirements upon the SEC’s existing economic analysis requirements that are unnecessary and could paralyze implementation of Dodd-Frank.
For Immediate Release: 5/16/13
IRS Controversy Does Not Diminish Need for Fair and Balanced Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to continue pursuing its impartial approach to opening up the books on corporate political spending, regardless of Congress members' fallacious attempts to use the IRS scandal to delegitimize the movement for disclosure rules.
For Immediate Release: 5/16/13
Public Citizen to Congress: New Bill on Pharmacy Compounding a Major Step Backward for U.S. Drug Safety
Two weeks ago, Public Citizen expressed grave concerns to the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee that its draft proposal on pharmacy compounding would weaken existing laws governing drug manufacturing. The proposal would create a new regulatory class of drug manufacturers, confusingly called “compounding manufacturers,” that would be exempt from federal premarket approval and related labeling requirements.
For Immediate Release: 5/16/13
Win! Following Public Citizen Petition, Charles Schwab Drops Class-Action Ban in Investor Contracts
Bowing to public pressure created by Public Citizen, Charles Schwab Corp. announced Tuesday that it would remove an insidious provision in its investor contracts that denied its customers the ability to band together in class actions against it.
For Immediate Release: 5/15/13
On One-Year Anniversary of U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Colombia Remains Deadliest Country for Union Members
Violent Displacement of Unionists Up, Death Threats Unabated – a Grim Contrast to Promises Made by Obama Administration to Promote Colombia FTA Passage
For Immediate Release: 5/14/13
Bipartisan Vote by Illinois Senate Calls on Congress to Overturn Citizens United
With a bipartisan 37-9 vote today by the state Senate, Illinois came one step closer to becoming the 14th state to back a constitutional amendment to curb unlimited spending in elections. Senators approved Senate Joint Resolution 27, adding to the national momentum to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling.
For Immediate Release: 5/13/13
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Car Owner in Case Against Towing Company That Towed and Traded His Car Without Permission
Statement by Adina H. Rosenbaum, Attorney, Public Citizen
For Immediate Release: 5/9/13
Virginia Carpet Cleaning Service Doesn’t Have Right to Demand Identity of Yelp Critics, Public Citizen Tells Court
A carpet cleaning service that got bad reviews on Yelp should not be able to use the courts to find out the identities of its critics, Public Citizen told the Virginia Court of Appeals today.
For Immediate Release: 5/8/13
Civic Groups Call for Transparency in the High Costs of Using Military Aircraft for Congressional Travel
In a letter sent today, several reform organizations urged members of Congress to co-sponsor and support passage of the Foreign Travel Cost Disclosure Act (H.R. 1359), introduced by U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), in order to bring more transparency to the costs of elected officials’ taxpayer-funded travel.
For Immediate Release: 5/8/13
Public Citizen Report to Secretary of HHS: New Information About Baby Trial Shows It Was Even More Unethical Than Originally Thought
Oxygen Monitors Were Intentionally Miscalibrated to Give Inaccurate Readings; Parents Not Informed of the Dangers Posed by Giving Such Misinformation to Doctors Caring for Premature Babies in the SUPPORT Study
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