by Bill Scher | Feb 1, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Late today, the Senate passed its version of a minimum wage increase 94-3. Unlike the House bill, the Senate version includes tax giveaways to business, and it's unclear what happens next. (Who are the three winners of the Deepest Hatred of Workers Award? Bob Geiger...
by Bill Scher | Jan 31, 2007 | Blog
To insist on integrity in American business we passed tough reforms, and we are holding corporate criminals to account. Some might call this a good record. I call it a good start. -- President George W. Bush, State of the Union 2003 President Bush cautioned against...
by Bill Scher | Jan 31, 2007 | Blog
When it comes to health care, will the new Congress, unlike the previous conservative Congress, side with the public interest over the special interest? The pharmaceutical giants are worried the answer is yes. So they're hooking up with Democratic lobbyists in hopes...
by Bill Scher | Jan 31, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a conference call with bloggers earlier this afternoon. I asked him where the minimum wage bill will go after this week's expected approval of a version including business tax breaks. Yesterday's NY Times said that the Senate...
by Bill Scher | Jan 31, 2007 | Blog
Bill Scher blogs for Campaign for America's Future. Today's NY Times reports that Bush issued a new executive order intended to undermine our civil service: ...each [government] agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to...
