Author: Ila Rae

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: Demand Congress pass legislation to prevent the DOL’s rule change that steals workers tips.

Trump’s Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking to change a section of the current tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Current tip regulations state that workers own their tips and prohibit employers from taking tip income from employees.
In early December, the DOL proposed to allow employers to take all …

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Monday, February 12, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: Demand Nunes’s Removal from the House Intelligence Committee

Last week Devin Nunes, the Republican Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, publicly released his memo claiming that the FBI’s investigation into Trump campaign officials was biased, using incomplete information. The FBI, having reviewed Nunes’ memo, vigorously opposed its release citing “material omissions of fact” that impact the memo’s ac…

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Friday, February 9, 2017

BLOCK COAL LOBBYIST ANDREW WHEELER FROM #2 POSITION AT EPA

Donald Trump’s pick for Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, is a former coal lobbyist for Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting. As recently as last year, Wheeler lobbied for coal giant Murray Energy. Wheeler attended the meeting in March 2017 between Energy Secretary Rick Perry and coal executive Robert Murray, in which Murray requeste…

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