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Trump’s New Labor Secretary Is a Fig Leaf For His War on Workers
On Thursday, the GOP-controlled Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to move forward her ...
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Senators ask Trump's Labor Department nominee where her allegiance would lie
Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla ... her position on raising the federal minimum wage and her willingness to disagree with President Donald Trump. Democrats sought assurances during the nominee's ...
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Peggy Flanagan hopes to be the first Native woman in US Senate
“That’s why on the school board, in the state house, and as lieutenant governor, I’ve championed kitchen-table issues like raising the minimum ... Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee, is the ...
Oregonian23d
Senators grill Trump’s Oregon labor secretary nominee on union support
Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma ... about whether she supports universal paid leave or raising the federal minimum wage, arguing those are issues for Congress. “If confirmed, my job will be ...
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Former Oregon Rep. Chavez-DeRemer grilled at labor secretary hearing; Wyden, Merkley to vote against confirmation
Markwayne Mullin, the Republican from Oklahoma ... She avoided answering questions from Democratic senators about raising the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour or guaranteeing paid leave ...
HR Dive24d
Senators frame Trump’s DOL pick as bridge between employers, employees
Sanders got the DOL nominee to admit that perhaps minimum wage may need to be reexamined ... Prior to introducing Chavez-DeRemer, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., took the opportunity to ...