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:: Thursday, September 11, 2003 ::
Senate to Bush: ‘Don’t mess with overtime’ AFL-CIO
WASHINGTON — In a major setback to President George W. Bush’s proposal to take overtime pay protections away from more than 8 million workers, the U.S. Senate Wednesday voted 54–45 to block the raid on workers’ paychecks.
Bush Cites 9/11 On All Manner Of Questions (washingtonpost.com) By Mike Allen
President Bush paused in his Labor Day remarks about jobs and told his audience of union members, "I want you to think back to that fateful day, September the 11th, and what happened afterwards."
Usually his reminder is more subtle, but Bush is invoking the terrorist hijackings frequently as he ramps up his reelection campaign and tries to defuse the political risk posed by persistent joblessness, setbacks in Iraq and accusations that he exaggerated evidence on the road to war.------------------------------------------- posted 6:25 AM :: reference link ::
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