Dems determined to derail overtime plan

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Tue, Apr. 27, 2004

Dems determined to derail overtime plan

By DAVID ESPO
Associated Press


WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats signaled a fresh determination Tuesday to contest key portions of the Bush administration's revised overtime regulations, adding the issue to election-year labor struggles over the minimum wage and unemployment benefits.
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"It's clear that they're trying to suggest that these regulations really don't harm anyone," Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said of the administration. "The fact of the matter is they harm a huge number of people making between $23,000 and $100,000."

Democratic aides said a former Labor Department investigator would testify to that effect Wednesday at a hearing where Chao headed the witness list.

"There has been a lot of happy talk out of the Department of Labor, but the fact is that this regulation is riddled with loopholes, potentially making millions of Americans earning as little as $23,660 vulnerable to losing their overtime," added Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Senate Democrats said they hoped for a vote as early as next week on Harkin's proposal to block any portion of the regulation that would strip workers of their overtime eligibility.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/8533618.htm

[PurityOfEssence]

1. Junior saved himself $31K with his tax cuts in THIS YEAR ALONE

And yet would deprive overtime to someone making less than the amount he gets to save.

Dems should make serious hay about this; it plays in many different ways. Not only does it show the greed of the monarchists, but it shows how they'll lie and misrepresent anything to get their way.

[tkmorris]

2. Of course they should

This issue is a no-brainer. The Bush admin is sticking it to Joe six-pack, it's as simple as that. Things like this are so black-and-white that they lend themselves well to campaigns; even the most tuned out among us can understand the point. There is no way to make it look helpful to the regular guy, every possible benefit is to the employer not the employee.

Nail em on it. It's worth a few thousand votes.

[FreakinDJ]

3. Worth more then a few thousand votes

The average Joe six pack is an hourly wage earner. He is the one with the most to lose. He is also the one full of this knee jerk patriotism that is supporting Bushie's world conquest