First 100 Hours

[Fleamo]

FUND STEM CELL RESEARCH
Passed 253-174
House approves funding for stem cell research.

PAY AS YOU GO RULES
Passed 232-200
House requires spending cuts or tax hikes to offset any new spending or tax cuts.

ETHICS OF CONGRESS
Passed 232-200
House bans gifts from lobbyists and requires full disclosure of earmarks.

MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE
Passed 315-116
House votes to increase it to $7.25 an hour.

9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
Passed 299-128
House approves implementing the 9/11 Commission security proposals.

Thoughts?

P.S. I assume there will be more.  This is what has been put to a vote so far.

[Matt]

Sounds like a good start, but now it's time to tackle the big fishes: Iraq and the giant debt.

Also, I was disappointed to see them deny the House Minority Bill of Rights, or whatever it was called. Sure, the Republicans were just being self-serving hypocrites, but that's no excuse for the Democrats to do the same thing and revert back to Politics As Normal. Hopefully they do pass it after the 100 Hours.

[Nikola]

#4 sounds good for those without much of a... better job...

[Loki]

I'm confused though. I haven't had any clarification, but maybe someone here knows. A friend of mine said that she heard the minimum wage increase was only for state employees, and I never heard anything to confirm or disprove that. Anyone know?

[The Tao Of Bill]

I'm confused though. I haven't had any clarification, but maybe someone here knows. A friend of mine said that she heard the minimum wage increase was only for state employees, and I never heard anything to confirm or disprove that. Anyone know?

as of now I don't think any action has been officially taken to change the national min-wage. A lot of states have changed their state minimum wage because the government was taking to long to change it themselves.

[Matt]

as of now I don't think any action has been officially taken to change the national min-wage. A lot of states have changed their state minimum wage because the government was taking to long to change it themselves.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/10/minimum.wage.ap/index.html

That is a pretty informative piece. It's a federal minimum wage increase which means it applies to all fifty states. It still has to be passed by the Senate and signed by the President.

[Snw]

wow.  So no more $5.15 an hour for my state.  I'm not convinced that will change much, however.