Democrats seek to overturn pay ruling
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Congressional Democrats said Wednesday they would try to reverse a Supreme Court decision that limits the time that workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination.
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Senate Democrats will move to add to a $150 billion economic stimulus package rebates for senior citizens living off Social Security and an extension of unemployment benefits, setting up a clash with the White House and House leaders who are pushing a narrower package.
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The New York senator has been tapped by Democratic leaders to try to engineer the party's Senate comeback.
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Democrats may try to override a decision by President Bush to leave stopgap children's health insurance money out of his 2007 emergency war spending proposal.
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Despite their lead in the polls, congressional Democrats are concerned, and even feuding, about whether they will have enough cash to take back the House this fall
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Democrats began turning Wednesday to the fight that some in the party fear they wage most consistently: with one another. Democratic politicians and operatives said the
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State Democrats seeking compensation in an Election Day 2002 phone-jamming scheme can argue that the GOP plot hindered their get-out-the-vote efforts, a judge has decided.
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Democrats escalated attacks on the National Labor Relations Board at a congressional hearing yesterday, accusing the panel's Republican majority of turning the nation's labor laws "inside out" by making it harder for workers to form unions.
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Casino employees will be able to hold caucuses at work  after a federal judge ruled the Democratic Party can set up "at-large" precincts for the Nevada contest on the Las Vegas strip Saturday. The state teachers union challenged the plan, saying it would give employees on the strip an unfair advantage. The culinary workers union -- which supports Sen. Barack Obama -- fired back, saying the teachers wanted to give the edge to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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House Democratic leaders yesterday called on Republican Tom DeLay to step down as majority leader after the powerful Texan was rebuked two times in the last week by the House ethics committee.
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In Saturday radio address, VP candidate says measure curtails pay at a time workers need it. ATLANTA (CNN) - Calling to mind his days unloading tractor trailers during the summer, Sen. John Edwards blasted
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House leaders have added legislation raising the federal minimum wage to an emergency spending bill for the Iraq war. They hope to break a logjam with the Senate over the wage bill, a top Democratic priority that was once seen on Capitol Hill as a relatively easy compromise.
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WASHINGTON - In blasting new overtime rules that take effect Monday, Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards says he can't understand why the Bush administration wants to undermine a system that rewards workers who toil long hours.   "If you work hard, then you should be rewarded for that effort," Edwards said Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address...
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A failed veto override on a major children's health insurance program yesterday prompted House Democratic leaders to promise to push a new version of the bill, daring Republicans to oppose them.
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WASHINGTON - A House vote to overturn new Bush administration rules on which workers qualify for overtime pay was hailed by Democrats trying to convince undecided voters they are the party that better protects worker rights.    In a sharp rebuke to President Bush, the House voted 223-193 Thursday to stop the Labor Department from carrying out the new rules...
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Senate and House Democrats attacked the Republican-led National Labor Relations Board at a Congressional hearing on Thursday, saying its recent decisions had favored employers over workers.
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The Democratic National Committeeâs decision to punish the state for moving up its presidential primary has provoked local party members.