Posts Tagged ‘ Lawmakers ’

<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Politician Pay Stays The Same
Capital Notes (blog)
Since then, others have wondered whether the fracas over the 2009 pay cut revealed an until then hidden pressure point on the Legislature's Democratic ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After cutting pay last year, the independent commission that sets salaries for lawmakers and elected statewide officeholders has decided against further reductions. The six-member California Citizens Compensation Commission voted

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Panel votes to keep lawmakers' salaries unchanged
Los Angeles Times (blog)
But state schools chief Jack O'Connell warned the panel that another pay cut "could be viewed as punitive and frankly would smack of retribution" for ...
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WASHINGTON â?? President Barack Obama called yesterday for Congress to avert a planned 21 percent pay cut for doctors who see Medicare patients, saying lawmakers must act to ensure the health of older Americans. The â??doc fix,â? which would

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continuing slump in tax receipts. But a major reason is the failure by lawmakers to authorize needed cost cuts. As a result, groups relieved to receive funding in the legislature’s budget now have to wonder if their allocations will survive the

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and 5 p.m. respectively, Boc tried to convince lawmakers to support his cabinet?s planned budget expense cuts, vowing that the income cuts would be enforced only until the end of the year. The prime minister was jeered and booed by the opposition, but

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New York state legislators will vote late Monday on emergency budget legislation that cuts health care spending and doubles the money for construction contractors. The temporary spending will fund core state operations through June 13. It is the 10th

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Spanish legislators agree to 10 pct pay cut
Interactive Investor
MADRID, May 25 (Reuters) - Spanish legislators will take a 10 percent pay cut as the country faces austerity measures designed to convince markets the ...
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St. Paul, Minn. ? University of Minnesota officials are ready to move forward with their planned budget cuts for next year now that lawmakers have approved a state budget. The university had already planned for furloughs, pay cuts and higher tuition

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Raleigh, N.C. Hundreds of people rallied in downtown Raleigh Saturday against more budget cuts to North Carolina public schools. As lawmakers face a projected $788 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts in July, education advocates are

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Spain Cuts Civil Servant Pay, US Raises It: Who's Right?
DailyFinance
These steps include cutting public-sector employee salaries by 5% in 2010 while keeping them flat in 2011; Spanish lawmakers are taking a 15% pay cut in ...

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WNCT
<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Senators say no to Perdue: Democratic leaders won't propose raises for ...
Winston-Salem Journal
As for the bonus, the state's 170000 state employees and teachers were forced to take the 0.5 percent...
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />NC Senate Dems say budget lacks teacher pay raise
WRAL.com
As for the bonus, the state's 170000 state employees and teachers were forced to take the 0.5 percent pay cut in May...
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MiamiHerald.com
<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Unions protest locally against 1-day unpaid leave
Poughkeepsie Journal
We can't sustain a 20 percent pay cut," Street said. "We've had lags, we've had layoffs, we've had years of zeros in salaries....
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Illinois House today. Lawmakers voted 15-99 for Senate Bill 1211, which would make nearly $4 billion in deep cuts in state spending. That measure now is stalled. House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, said this measure was simply the result of

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Congress May Consider Multiyear Medicare Payment Fix Next Week
Medscape
The massive cut will take effect June 1 unless lawmakers act to avert it beforehand. Organized medicine has repeatedly warned Congress that if the pay cut ...

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a group of about 150 protesters who rallied outside of parliament after lawmakers approved the package of deep wage cuts and tax increases. Witnesses reported seeing demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks at a police cordon. In New York, Wall Street

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reads: "general strike forever" in Central Athens, 06 May 2010 Greek lawmakers approved a set of controversial spending cuts Thursday aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy, as demonstrators crowded around the parliament building in Athens to

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Central Athens, 06 May 2010 Greek lawmakers have opened debate on a controversial set of European Union-backed spending cuts that have sparked deadly protests by tens of thousands of opponents. The debate comes ahead of a vote later Thursday in which

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />No congressional pay cuts since the Great Depression, Democratic lawmaker says
PolitiFact
Kirkpatrick touted her bill in a House floor speech on April 28, 2010, saying that it was time for lawmakers to face a pay cut. "When millions of Americans...
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Tampa Tribune
<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />State Workers Spared Pay Cut
Sunshine State News
... to provide state worker pay-raises, union officials Monday said they were satisfied with lawmakers' decision to back away from a proposed pay...
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