In Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley has vetoed a City Council ordinance that would have required large retailers such as Wal Mart to pay employees a living wage. Under the City Council rules, retailers with over one billion dollars in sales would be required to pay workers at least ten dollars an hour plus three dollars in benefits by the year 2010. Daley said the rules would drive businesses from the city. It was the first veto Daley has used in his 17 years as mayor. The City Council will now try to override the veto.