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McConnell questions Obama stimulus plan
Raising Bailout Questions
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voiced skepticism Monday over the massive economic-stimulus package being drafted by Democrats, likening Barack Obama’s first major initiative to a “trillion-dollar spending bill” that could leave the country saddled with an unsustainable debt.
McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who will lead a smaller GOP minority next Congress, said the bill should be the subject of extensive hearings to scrutinize how the federal dollars would be spent and questioned Democrats’ goals to approve the bill by the time Obama is sworn into office on Jan. 20. (more…)
Not Again! Pay Raises for Congress
Bad economy? Lawmakers to get nearly $5k each in raises
Each lawmaker’s annual salary is due for a $4,700 cost-of-living increase starting in January, which will amount to a cost to taxpayers of $2.5 million in 2009, infuriating watchdog groups.
“Members of Congress don’t deserve one additional dime of taxpayer money in 2009,” said Tom Schatz, president of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. Read more at FoxNews.Com.
A disastrous pick for labor secretary
Pick called "disastrous"
By Bret Jacobson, for the L.A. Times: AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said he’s “thrilled.” SEIU President Andy Stern said he’s “thrilled.” Apparently, everyone who happens to run a labor organization feels that Christmas has come a little early this year with President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D- El Monte) for secretary of Labor. In his Dec. 19 Times Op-Ed article, “Labor’s fresh face,” Harold Meyerson praises what he considers the numerous gutsy political moves made by Solis over her career.
The reason for their palpable giddiness, however, is likely to trouble anyone who doesn’t happen to run a union. (more…)
New Labor Secretary at forefront of “Card Check” push; AFF opposes
Bloomberg News is reporting:
The new Labor secretary will be at the forefront of the push for a new law, the Employee Free Choice Act, aimed at making it easier for workers to organize. The measure is organized labor’s top priority for the new administration and Congress.
American Future Fund strongly opposes the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, which would remove workers’ rights to secret ballot in the workplace. This legislation would be devastating to the nation’s economy, and AFF calls on Solis to oppose these efforts.
