Will Bush try to use a "Signing Statement" to kill the new Minimum Wage Bill

[wakeme2008]

It looks like the House and Senate will have the new Minimum Wage Bill in about two weeks with a small tax break for small companies. IMHO Bush will sign it BUT I am thinking that he will attach a "Signing Statement" directing Dept of Labor and Justice not to enforce it. Without promoting it and enforcing it companies could just go along paying the old rate and not care.

Discuss....

[RL3AO]

1. Whats a signing statement?

[wakeme2008]

3. Bush has attached "Signing Statements" trying to ignore parts of bills

But so far he has not been call on them.

[Ignacio Upton]

2. If he does, then Pelosi and Reid need to launch an investigation into

his signing statements. I'd like to see him impeached, but there are too many dumb people in Congress who will continue to support Bush.

[wakeme2008]

4. If he did, they would IMHO start call in the head of Dept of Labor

for hearings... I would not want to be the Head of the Dept of Labor if that happened.

[Ignacio Upton]

10. The Secretary of Labor is Elaine Chao

Who, BTW, is Mitch McConnell's wife.

[Kittycat]

6. That should have been done a long time ago, before

he decided to use the constitution to wipe his ass.

[Hippo_Tron]

5. The minimum wage bill is too high profile for that to work

Signing statements like that work on issues where the public doesn't notice that they aren't being enforced. They WILL notice if if the minimum wage law isn't enforced.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. No source, no link, Not much to discuss - nt

[atre]

8. This isn't the type of law for which a signing statement would be effective

If the law passes Congress and is not enforced, the citizens for whom the law was passed can sue the Department of Labor with a writ of mandamus to enforce the Department to enforce the laws that are enacted.

[AtomicKitten]

9. I truly despise *

just thought I'd say that ...