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Initiative 82 was a voter-approved ballot initiative in Washington, D.C., to phase out the special minimum wage for tipped employees as part of the national Fight for $15 campaign. In the November 2022 general election , D.C. voters approved Initiative 82 by a margin of 74% to 26%, though about 12% of all participating voters did not vote on ...
When the New York State Wage Board announced that the minimum wage in New York City would be raised to $15 an hour by December 31, 2018, Patrick McGeehan argued in The New York Times that it was a direct consequence of the Fight for $15 protests, and that "the labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three ...
In November, Johnson proposed a two-tiered stopgap bill that continued spending at around current levels. [85] The bill was opposed by House conservatives and the Freedom Caucus, [85] [86] [87] but passed the House on November 14 with the support of 209 Democrats and 127 Republicans. [85] [87] It passed the Senate on the next day [88] and was ...
Walter Fauntroy (D-DC) was convicted of filing false disclosure forms in order to hide unauthorized income. [419] Jack Russ, House Sergeant-at-Arms, was convicted of three counts. [419] The Congressional Post Office scandal (1991–1995) was a conspiracy to embezzle House Post Office money through stamps and postal vouchers to congressmen. [421]
William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine.A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979–1997), and as Secretary of Defense (1997–2001) under Democratic President Bill Clinton.
William Proxmire issued the Golden Fleece 168 times for what he deemed wasteful spending. The Golden Fleece Award (1975–1988) was a tongue-in-cheek award given to public officials in the United States for squandering public money.
The main funding differences between the Senate bill and the House bill were: More funds for health care in the Senate ($153.3 vs $140 billion), renewable energy programs ($74 vs. $39.4 billion), for home buyers tax credit ($35.5 vs. $2.6 billion), new payments to the elderly and a one-year increase in AMT limits.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Poverty Bill (also known as the Economic Opportunity Act) while press and supporters of the bill looked on, August 20, 1964.. The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union Address on January 8, 1964.