Bush backs plan to dismantle overtime protections

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Wednesday October 13, 2004 · 9:41 PM PDT

2004/10/13 · 21:41

I posted a similar comment to the rapid reaction diaries, but thought it deserved higher profile:

In the debate tonight, Bush said that he agreed with "Mitch McConnell's bill" to increase the minimum wage. The newspapers and other media so far seem to be at a loss on this issue, for good reason. McConnell's proposal was never actually offered in the Senate, so far as I can tell. More importantly, McConnell's proposal was a trap that would have dismantled overtime pay protections.
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