I sent a proud Tea Party member into shock recently, and he still hasn't recovered.

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49. Republicans Work For A Law To Stop Overtime Pay. Labor Groups Strongly Oppose.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/06/paid-time-off-instead-overtime-pay-republicans-push-option-for-private-sector/

But the idea Republicans promote as "pro-worker" is vigorously opposed by worker advocacy groups, labor unions and most Democrats. These opponents claim it's really a backdoor way for businesses to skimp on overtime pay.

Judith Lichtman, senior adviser to the National Partnership for Women and Families, contends the measure would open the door for employers to pressure workers into taking compensatory time off instead of overtime pay.

The program was created in the public sector in 1985 to save federal, state and local governments money, not to give workers greater flexibility, Lichtman said. Many workers in federal and state government are unionized or have civil service protections that give them more leverage in dealing with supervisors, she added. Those safeguards don't always exist in the private sector, where only about 6.6 percent of employees are union members.