House Votes to Block Bush Overtime Regulations

[DrFunkenstein]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives defied President Bush on Thursday and voted to block his administration's controversial new overtime regulations for white-collar workers. The vote was 223-193.

In a rare election-year victory for organized labor in the Republican-led Congress, the House approved a Democratic amendment that would deny funds to administer the regulations that foes say would cost an estimated 6 million white- and blue-collar workers overtime pay.

Despite Democratic claims to the contrary, Republicans argued the House amendment, if it became law, would prevent the Labor Department from enforcing virtually any overtime protections for workers earning more than $23,660 a year.

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said, "Today's House vote ... was a huge victory for working Americans and underscores the bipartisan opposition to George Bush's war on overtime pay."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=7&u=/nm/congress_overtime_dc

[blondeatlast]

1. Shouted in my car at the news... waited til I got home to do

a little happy dance!

[JohnKleeb]

2. thats great

Who are these twenty two republicans who voted for it?

[depakid]

3. Unfortunately, it's mostly all for naught

it allows those 20 Republicans to run for cover, but unless the senate takes up the issue and forces a veto, this story will die without the vast majority of people hearing word one about it.

No chance whatsoever that it'll become law so long as Bush is president.

[cheshire]

4. Thank God there is some sence left in DC.