100 Hours of....Corruption
 

Pelosi pushes through a minimum wage bill under the guise of "100 hours", that has exceptions benefiting California companies and companies she is a significant stockholder in.

"The loophole pleases the tuna corporations that employ thousands of Samoans in canneries there at $3.26 an hour -- an industry-specific rate set by the U.S. Department of Labor. They have lobbied Congress for years, arguing that imposing the federal minimum wage on Samoa would cripple the economy by driving the canneries to poor countries that don't require a minimum wage.
One of the biggest opponents of the U.S. minimum wage there is StarKist Tuna, which owns one of the two packing plants that together employ more than 5,000 Samoans, or nearly 75 percent of the island's work force. The other plant belongs to California-based Chicken of the Sea.
StarKist's parent company, Del Monte Corp., is headquartered in San Francisco, which is represented by Mrs. Pelosi."

Nice job, Wicked Witch of the West.

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The loophole pleases the tuna corporations that employ thousands of Samoans in canneries there at $3.26 an hour -- an industry-specific rate set by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Who did Pelosi appoint to head the U.S. Department of Labor?
Since this has been going on for years, and $3.26 was already under the old minimum wage, isn't this actually all Clinton's fault?

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The loophole pleases the tuna corporations that employ thousands of Samoans in canneries there at $3.26 an hour -- an industry-specific rate set by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Who did Pelosi appoint to head the U.S. Department of Labor?
Since this has been going on for years, and $3.26 was already under the old minimum wage, isn't this actually all Clinton's fault?

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No, any bill could override the Secretary of Labor.

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No, any bill could override the Secretary of Labor.

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With a Republican-controlled House, Republican-controlled Senate, and an 8 year Republican administration that has used 1 veto, how many bills were attempted to override this?

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No, any bill could override the Secretary of Labor.

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With a Republican-controlled House, Republican-controlled Senate, and an 8 year Republican administration that has used 1 veto, how many bills were attempted to override this?

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How many minimum wage bills were there

Apparently she's backed off the "no amendments" policy, since she got caught. Now Samoa will be covered.

Standing ovation for William Jefferson. Reid's property sham. Whines for "minority party" rights...when they were the minority, ignore them when they are the majority.

Yup, Republicans are more corrupt than Dems. <cough>

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No, any bill could override the Secretary of Labor.

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With a Republican-controlled House, Republican-controlled Senate, and an 8 year Republican administration that has used 1 veto, how many bills were attempted to override this?

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Pelosi Democrats claim to be champions of the poor, protecting them from exploitation by powerful corporations while simultaneously claiming minimum wage laws do not hurt business. Her obvious hypocrisy here speaks volumes. Also to those who are wont to dismiss the bias in the press, if this had been a Republican bill, such hypocrisy on a core party issue would be trumpeted. I doubt the Pelosi exception has received much more than a whisper.

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This isnt football copernicus, people's lives are at stake. Blindly following one party is tantamount to Ohio state vs. Michigan.

Jever notice that Air America actually rips Dems instead of blindly carrying their water, like Rush, Hannity, et al.?

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This is key, showing intent:

"The bill also extends for the first time the federal minimum wage to the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. However, it exempts American Samoa, another Pacific island territory that would become the only U.S. territory not subject to federal minimum-wage laws. "

The expectation of 100 hours of clean government was just a bit too high.

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1. Pelosi doing a favor isn't necessarily the reason that American Samoa was exempted. If the cost of living in Samoa is low, it might not make sense to impose the minimum wage. I don't know what the cost of living is, but I bet its lower than the States.

2. I hate to say this, but doing favors for companies in your district is completely standard and does not mean Pelosi is corrupt. Her constituents probably want that company to be healthy for the jobs it provides.

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I hate to say this, but doing favors for companies in your district is completely standard

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and does not mean Pelosi is corrupt.

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