The Jefferson Borden Mutiny, Trial of George Miller, John Glew, and William Smith: For Murder on the High Seas, Before Clifford and Lowell (1876)
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Representative George Miller is the chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor. His Committee was supposed to markup the Employment Non-Discrimination Act last Wednesday and move it to the House floor for a vote. Instead, he has decided to hold ENDA in Committee to "tinker" with language that needs no tinkering, with no guarantee that it will be rescheduled in December. Meanwhile,...
The New Mexico Business Weekly (Free subscription) | yesterday
Business groups fear the H1N1 "swine" flu crisis could lead to legislation in Congress requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
It was a surprise to most people that the markup of ENDA, scheduled for last Wednesday morning at 10 am, was abruptly postponed on Monday night at 6:30 pm, heralded by a terse red notice on the House Committee on Education and Labor website. After all, ENDA had been touted for months as the next promise to be kept to our community, with LGBT House leaders embracing a vote in September or October....
Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
by David Safier Here's a press release from Grijalva's office: Grijalva Announces Bill To Help Struggling Schools Prevent Dropouts, Encourage Pursuit of Higher Education Washington, DC – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced the release of H.R. 4122, the Graduation...
The Dayton Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.
The Pump Handle (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Cong. George Miller (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) of the House Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to the chair of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) urging him to take immediate action to make public all of their votes. It turns out that about 99% of the CSB’s votes are [...]
Filmshaft.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Everyone’s favourite ex-alcoholic religious nut, Mel Gibson, has had a ...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Obama administration abandons proposed Bush rule letting brokerage firms offer 401(k) advice Presidency of Barack Obama - United States - Presidents - History - George W. Bush
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WASHINGTON — The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that wou...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.
Sunlight Foundation (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said today that the final version of health care legislation will be available for at least 72 hours before debate. She also spoke out strongly in favor of transparency for congressional schedules, earmarks, and legislation in today’s conference call with bloggers organized by Blogher, which I moderated on behalf [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Top executives at four companies that jettisoned their employee pension plans received $49.5 million in retirement and severance ...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Mel confirmed to Australia's Herald Sun - a newspaper you have to read counter-clockwise, incidentally - that his Road Warrior days are over. Gibson discusses his bad luck when it comes to being too old for roles, such as James Bond (I had heard it was more due to his height) and William Wallace in Braveheart , although that's probably just nitpicking. For Mad Max, though, it's something of a...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Perverse as it sounds, corporate America apparently wants the swine flu to spread.
Politico (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
She cautions against rushing in before Democrats have found the 'right initiative' to solve unemployment.
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