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18 hrs ago | Bizjournals

H1N1 fears could pave way for paid sick leave bill

Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Medicine, Influenza, Small Business, Personal Finance

Sat Nov 21, 2009

KMPH-TV Fresno

Congressional Water Report

Four Valley Congressmen have raised their voices in Washington about the Valley's water crisis.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Devin Nunes, Republican, US House of Representatives, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Albuquerque, NM

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KSDK NewsChannel 5

As pensions dried up, four firms paid top execs $49.5M

Top executives at four companies that jettisoned their employee pension plans received $49.5 million in retirement and severance benefits in the years before the companies filed for bankruptcy, while retirees saw their benefits cut by as much as two thirds, congressional investigators conclude in a report to be released today.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Retirement, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Airlines, United Airlines, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu Nov 19, 2009

MarketWatch

GOP seeks continued Treasury backing of student loans

Republican lawmakers Wednesday sought to preserve the current Treasury backstop of the private student-loan marketplace, rather than pursue more ambitious plans favored by congressional Democrats and the Obama administration.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Kline, Tom Harkin, US Senate, Democrat

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Politico

Pelosi: Job help must be 'right'

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she hopes to move on a jobs bill next month but cautioned against rushing in before Democrats have found the 'right initiative' to deal with whata s proved to be a very stubborn, deep recession for workers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Workforce

Hearing Indicates Emergency Paid Leave Bill May Be Modified

Advocacy groups and employers expressed concerns about an emergency paid sick leave bill designed to help workers who are stricken with the H1N1 flu at a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday, November 17.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lynn Woolsey, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rosa DeLauro, Christopher Dodd, US Senate

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Swine flu exposes weak leave policies for workers

Across the country, the arrival of the flu season has prompted companies of all sizes to weigh how to accommodate sick workers while keeping the business running.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Small Business, Personal Finance

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The New York Times

From the House Leadership, Sighs of Relief

Representative George Miller and House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill on Saturday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Waterfront (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Queen Anne (Seattle, WA), Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Intelligencer

91 Lose Mine Jobs

The chief executive of a local coal mine that laid off 91 workers Friday lashed out at government policies that are choking the economy and putting other policies ahead of jobs for Americans.

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Related Topix: Ohio, US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, Democrat

KCBS

East Bay Congressman Says Bill Will Pass

Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Orange County Register

Letters: Health care - $1 trillion or so and counting

None of the statistics spewed out regarding the uninsured in this country are surprising, neither do they provide justification for the socialistic, health care "reform" forced upon us by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her cronies.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Opinion

The New York Times

Economix: White House Endorses Paid Sick Leave Bill

The H1N1 pandemic is raising concerns about people reporting to work sick and spreading the disease.

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Related Topix: US News, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Rosa DeLauro, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Baseball Crank

POLITICS: Democrats Divided on Abortion

A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress: Democrats are divided over abortion, and their divisions threaten to wreck the bill.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rahm Emanuel, Loretta Sanchez, Rosa DeLauro

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche

Abortion could roil Senate health care debate

Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama's signature issue by year's end.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives

National News

Washington E. coli feared at sc...

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Violent Crime, East St. Louis, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro

US News & World Report

No Child Left Behind and the Brewing Fight Over Education

Andrew J. Rotherham is Co-Founder and Publisher of Education Sector and writes the blog Eduwonk.com. The languishing reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is turning lawmakers into educational Michael Corleones, pulling them back into a business many fervently wish was over.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Washington, DC, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat, Opinion

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WPMT-TV York

Legislators Push For Paid Sick Leave

Against the backdrop of the H1N1 flu pandemic, Congressional Democrats are pushing for emergency sick leave legislation and using the crisis to garner support for a wider-ranging bill, both of which they say would help prevent a more rapid spread of the virus by mandating that employers provide workers paid time off.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, Epidemic, Medicine, Influenza, Natural Disasters, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Athens Banner-Herald

House's health care bill may be DOA in Senate

The glow from a health care triumph quickly faded for President Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Olympia Snowe, Mary Landrieu

WFLA-AM Tampa

Senator Dodd proposes paid sick leave for swine flu

Americans infected by the H1N1 flu virus would be guaranteed paid sick leave under emergency legislation U.S. Senator Chris Dodd plans to unveil on Tuesday in response to the swine flu pandemic.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, US House of Representatives

MyFoxAtlanta

Get Paid to Stay Home With Swine Flu?

Health officials are telling people with the H1N1 virus to steer clear of the workplace.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

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