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why isn't the media pushing this?
U.S. House Republican Majority Votes to Axe 40-Hour Work Week
by TNDP on MAY 9, 2013 · 71 COMMENTS
Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen: “Today was one of the saddest days the House of Representatives has probably ever seen.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) spoke on the U.S. House floor about the House passage of HR 1406, which eliminates the 40-hour workweek. The measure, designed to drive down earnings for working Americans to inflate corporate profits, was passed with support from every Republican member of Congress from Tennessee — U.S. Reps. Phil Roe (TN-01), Jimmy Duncan (TN-02), Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), Diane Black (TN-06), Marsha Blackburn (TN-07) and Stephen Fincher (TN-08).
Democratic Reps. Jim Cooper (TN-05) and Cohen both voted against the bill which passed 223-204 mostly on party lines.
The “Pay Working Families Less Act,
here it is almost primary voting time and the left is under attack! where the hell is our leaders? where's the so called liberal press? what a joke!
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With all the 3rd Way, DINO's, Blue Dogs and the rest of the Right-of-Center Democrats, you ask where our leaders are?
Maybe this will help:
