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White House threat calms Republicans
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, July 10, 2003 | By James G. Lakely

Posted on 07/09/2003 10:26:49 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The threat of a veto has helped quell a Republican rebellion today that would nullify new Labor Department rules designed to give union members more detailed information about the financial activities of their unions.

The White House Tuesday evening released a statement threatening a veto of the House labor, health and human services and education subcommittee's appropriations bill if an amendment to kill the new requirements was included. The amendment is supported by most Democrats and a group of 28 Republicans in labor-heavy districts. The bill comes up for a House floor vote this afternoon.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jamesglakely; labor; unions; veto
Thursday, July 10, 2003

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