Spitzer Is Said to Agree to a Raise for Legislators
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer has agreed to a pay raise for legislators, even as his budget called for strict cuts elsewhere, the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has told New York lawmakers.
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Drug makers agreed to a 29 percent increase in payments to U S regulators to ensure speedy approvals of new medicines and step up safety monitoring, according to a person familiar with the accord.
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Congress is offering a raise to Medicare doctors who report how often they provide quality care, as defined by the government.
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Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year's elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000
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Pointing toward midterm elections, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi promised on Thursday to raise the minimum wage while cutting taxes to spur economic growth and help the middle class.
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New York's new AG also wants to be governor. Watch your wallet.
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NEW YORK -- If you can't beat it, tax it. That seems to be the axiom in New York these days, where Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D), struggling to close a $4.4 billion budget gap, has proposed making drug dealers pay tax on their stashes of illegal drugs. The new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin and...
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Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to fast-track efforts to boost the federal minimum wage and could seek to bring a bill directly to the House floor in January.
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Supporters of a major rewrite of corporate tax law are optimistic they will be able to complete congressional action this week on legislation needed
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A review body is expected to recommend a pay rise of 2.8% for MPs, but Gordon Brown wants them to accept 1.9%.
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Hoping to stem a tide of rising pension debt, a California legislator will propose a controversial overhaul on Monday that would convert traditional public employee retirement plans to privately managed 401(k)-style plans, the Los
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Wall Street bonuses are expected to rise 17 percent to a record $23.9 billion in 2006 New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said on Tuesday.
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State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told a subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday that he expects more criminal pleas in connection with his investigation into price collusion and conflicts of interest in the insurance
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer kicked off his second year with warm words for his friends and foes alike, offering a less combative tone in his State of the State address.
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The candidacy of New York AG Eliot Spitzer may help Democrats reclaim the seat from Republicans.
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The nation's 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats want for children's health insurance, say analysts familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill.
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News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch  received a pay raise last fiscal year, boosting his  compensation package to $24.3 million, nearly matching the pay  of his second in command.