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- ACORN Leaders Join Senate Leadership to Celebrate State Wage Increase Wins and Call for a Higher Federal Minimum Wage
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- Research articles 2006-11-15
- Senate gets new leaders. (Majority Leader Trent Lott and Majority Whip Don Nickles)
- The emergence of Majority Leader Trent Lott and Majority Whip Don Nickles as Senate leaders after Bob Dole's resignation may stall the passage of the minimum wage and health insurance reform bills. Both Lott and Nickles seem uninterested in raising the miThe emergence of Majority Leader Trent Lott and Majority...
- Research articles 1996-07-01
- Minimum Wage Gains Boosted By Rhode Island Senate Leader Backing.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin, R.I.)
- PROVIDENCE, R.I.--May 7--The drive to raise the minimum wage in Rhode Island got an important boost yesterday when Senate Majority Leader Paul S. Kelly said he personally supports a hike and is "very optimistic" one will pass. PROVIDENCE, R.I.--May 7--The drive to raise the minimum wage...
- Research articles 1996-05-07
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- British Union Leader Criticizes Minimum Wage.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16--A union boss has challenged Tony and Cherie Blair to live on UKpound 3.60-an-hour pay -- and remain "happy and content". The gauntlet was thrown down yesterday by Rodney Bickerstaffe, leader of the huge public sector organisation...
- Research articles 1998-09-16
- Democrats Call for a Raise in Minimum Wage, Decry Republican Attempts to Hold Working Families Hostage to Handouts for Multi-Millionaires
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on the minimum wage: With Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushing a sham minimum wage plan that would cut the wages of workers across America in an attempt to pass...
- Research articles 2006-08-02
- Reid: It Is Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
- WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Calling for new hope and a new direction for America's workers, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today urged the Senate to support raising the minimum wage for the first time in nearly 10 years. "All of us iWASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
- Research articles 2006-06-21
- Pelosi Statement on Senate Vote on Minimum Wage
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement late last night on the Senate's vote to reject a Republican bill linking the estate tax and the minimum wage: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement...
- Research articles 2006-08-04
- Senate nixes minimum wage increase
- On September 22, by a vote of 55 to 45, the Senate agreed to a motion by Majority Leader Trent Lott (R.-Miss.) to kill an amendment by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) that would have increased the minimum wage by 50 cents in 1999 and another 50 cents in 2000. "All...
- Research articles 1998-10-09
- At Deadline.(Merrill Lynch and Company Inc. forecasts, New York Times Co. reader response, new executive director and chief executive for Yo-Yo Ma's project)
- Override of veto of wage bill doubtful albany insiders say they expect state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno to resist calls to override Gov. George Pataki's veto of a bill to increase the state's minimum wage. The key factor will be whether b ...
- Research articles 2004-08-02
- K Street Project: Senator Reid and Staff Admit Wrongdoing; Tony Coelho Lives: in the U.S. Senate
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted to wrongdoing in Saturday's Washington Times article, "Blame Game Follows Death of Minimum-Wage Bill" that he and his taxpayer-funded staff made calls to companies WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted to wrongdoing...
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- NORWAY: UNION LEADER FORECASTS MASSIVE WAGE HIKE.(Norwegian Union of Transport Workers)(Brief Article)
- "Next year's wage rises will be expensive, but we can afford it," said Per Ostvold, leader of the Norwegian Union of Transport Workers. Mr. Ostvold, who led the strike action in connection with last year's wage negotiations, is demanding a minimum five per cent wage increase...
- Research articles 2001-09-17
- How will trade winds blow with Dole exiting Senate? (Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole)
- Majority Leader Bob Dole's departure from the Senate is expected to have marked effects on the future of US trade policy. Dole has been a advocate for free-trade policies for almost 30 years and has strongly supported the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, Most Favored Nation status, Super 301 and...
- Research articles 1996-05-16
- Office of the Press Secretary -- Text of a letter from the President to the Speaker and Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives and the Majority and Democratic Leaders of the Senate.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 March 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Text of a letter from the President to the Speaker and Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives and the Majority and Democratic Leaders of the Senate C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
- Research articles 2000-03-08
- Democrats Fight For a New Direction, Call For Stem Cell Research and a Real Minimum Wage Raise
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Senate Democratic Communications Center regarding Democrats' fight for a new direction in America: With Congressional Republicans putting their allegiance to the right wing and the super-rich above the interests of the American people, Senate Democratic Leader Harry...
- Research articles 2006-08-03
- 110th Congress working longer and bickering more
- WASHINGTON -- The first Democratic-controlled Congress in more than a decade has kept its promise to spend more time in the Capitol, but many of those hours have been consumed by partisan bickering. The Democrats' agenda -- as spelled out in the first 10 bills Senate...
- Research articles 2007-08-02
- Pelosi on Pledge Bill: Once Again, Republicans Play Politics of Distract and Divide
- WASHINGTON, July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor today during the debate on the so-called Pledge Protection Act. Republicans have been bringing legislation to the floor that does not address the real priorities of the American people, while denying a vote...
- Research articles 2006-07-19
- Off and ... trotting?
- Congressional Democrats' plans to charge out of the starting gate Jan. 3 may turn to a trot once reality sets in, given the reality of the agenda that awaits the 110th Congress and the inherent differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives. ...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- THE WHITE HOUSE: Text of a letter from the President to to the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Text of a letter from the President to the Speaker and Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives and the Majority and Democratic Leaders of the Senate C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:041199...
- Research articles 1999-11-08
- Starbucks' Tip Dilemma
- Starbucks' Tip DilemmaBe RighteousIf they really do pay everyone working there a salary then do away with tips entirely.When did the tipping rules change?I might come across as an old "fuddy-duddy" (or "old fart" to you younger folk), but when did we start tipping people who work a counter and...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- Capital briefs
- * MINIMUM WAGE HIKE DOA: Flanked by half-a-dozen small-business owners, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R.-Miss.) vowed on March 26 to stop legislation sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and House Minority Whip David Bonior (D.-Mich.) that would increase the minimum wage by $1 an hour over the next two...
- Research articles 1998-04-03
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