by Bill Scher | Jan 30, 2007 | Blog
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 supervise the development of rules and documents providing...
by Bill Scher | Jan 30, 2007 | Blog
Congressional committee appointments are certainly inside baseball (come to think of it, the term "inside baseball" is inside baseball) but Speaker Pelosi's move to create a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is a big deal. You might think that...
by Bill Scher | Jan 30, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Today, the NY Times checks in on the minimum wage battle, and we may be seeing a little movement towards a push for a clean bill without business tax giveaways. The piece notes that after the Senate passes its bill with such tax favors, two different procedural things...
by Bill Scher | Jan 26, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Yesterday, Bob Geiger and the AFL-CIO Blog broke the story that 28 conservative Senators tried to outright eliminate the federal minimum wage. Immediately, the blogosphere reacted in shock, at both the raw cruelty and the political inanity. TomPaine.com labelled the...
by Bill Scher | Jan 25, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The contempt some Senate conservatives have for America's workers runs pretty deep. Filibustering a raise in the minimum wage wasn't enough for 28 Senators. Today, they tried to finish the job and completely abolish the federal minimum wage. Bob Geiger and the AFL-CIO...
