Minimum wage bill targets 2.65 with tip credit phaseout
House Democrats unveiled an amended plan to raise the minimum wage from 2.30 to 2.65 an hour with a six year phase out of the tip credit for restaurant workers. Republican opposition targets teen wage floors and a veto on automatic raises. California's Burton cites smooth business after tip credit ends.
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Organized Labor
California
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Bill to end forced retirements advances in House
A House committee approved a bill to ban mandatory retirement before age 70 in private firms and end forced retirement in federal service. The Education and Labor panel backed the measure 3 to 4, aiming for a House floor vote soon amid current law allowing private-age 11 and federal retirements at 70 under the Age Discrimination Act and U.S. Code provisions.
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Plan to cut housing subsidies and raise welfare
Washington AP reports a proposed policy by the Carter administration to slash new housing subsidies and divert funds to raise welfare checks. HEW Secretary Califano backs cashing out programs, while HUD resists reducing subsidized housing. proposal would curb new units from 400000 to 50000 annually and shift 4.9 billion to welfare payments.
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Labor Department
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Housing An Urban Development Department
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HUD
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House creates two intelligence committees to plug leaks
The House approved a new two committee setup by a 227 to 171 vote as leaders said it aims to plug leaks in Congress. Democrats hold nine of 13 seats with Republicans denouncing partisan impact and warning safeguards may be weak. The panels would oversee intelligence agencies, require notice to the president before public releases, and allow secret sessions with penalties for disclosure.
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House
Select Intelligence Committee
Carter
Congress
Thomas P O'Neill
Pim
Wright
U.S
Rhodes
Delaware killer asks state to execute him
Donald W. Bates 20, formerly of Hully Oak, Del., asks in a handwritten brief to be hanged under Delaware capital punishment law. He says waiting to die in a cell is cruel and unusual punishment and notes the death could come in an hour or sixty years. Bates was convicted of first degree murder for the January 1976 shotgun slaying of Katherine Tatnall, 17.
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Katherine Tatnall
Senators fight pay limits lawsuit by six senators
Senator Hayakawa of California leads a suit with five colleagues challenging congressional outside earnings limits. They argue income restrictions on lawmakers violate rights and note Hayakawa’s past earnings from lectures and writing. Others joining include Weicker Goldwater Laxalt and Curtis.
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Calif
U.S
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Carol Curtis
Nebraska
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