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House Votes To Overturn Overtime Rules

HeadlineSep 10, 2004

On Capitol Hill, the House voted 223 to 193 to * restore overtime pay to millions of US workers* after new Bush administration policies took it away. Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said “President Bush’s overtime regulations will affect six million workers and are the biggest pay cut ever for middle-class families.”

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