February 5, 2007
- CHN: Minimum Wage Increase Inches Its Way To Becoming Law
It has been two weeks since the House passed a clean minimum wage bill with no tax cuts. (See HNR 1-19-07) In the Senate it has been a grueling process. A vote on a clean minimum wage bill failed to garner the necessary 60 votes. Immediately a substitute bill combining an increase in the minimum Read More »
Posted in Minimum Wage Comments Off - CHN: Current Year Spending Approved By House
It was not quite tectonic, but there was a notable shift in priorities when the House passed a spending bill to finalize this year’s funding in most programs. The House added funds for veterans’ health, low-income housing, K-12 and special education, Head Start, and Pell Grants beyond both last year’s funding and the most proposals Read More »
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