House blocks vote on overtime

[CShine]

WASHINGTON - House Republicans rebuffed a Democratic attempt yesterday to force an election-year vote on the Bush administration's new overtime pay rules.

The vote, 222-205, blocked a move by Democratic Rep. George Miller of California to force the House to take sides on the controversial issue. Miller sought a vote on a provision to require the new regulations to retain eligibility for all workers who currently qualify for overtime pay.

"They have shut down debate and denied a vote in Congress so that the Bush administration can take away workers' overtime pay," said Miller, the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee. "It is obvious that the House Republican majority is simply rubber-stamping the orders of the Bush administration."

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[Tellurian]

1. Republicans have become a dangerousliability to humanity and the treasury.

[Democat]

2. Dems should use the vote to block the vote in campaign ads!

They wouldn't let a vote come to the floor, but Democrats can still expose those Republicans in the House that blocked the final vote. If the ad is worded correctly, it won't matter to voters whether the right wingers voted against the bill or against the vote on the bill.

Make them pay!