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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (5278)	11/9/2002 1:15:58 AM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15516

From the WSJ: online.wsj.com GOP control of the Senate is expected to make Sen. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.) chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, succeeding Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy. "I'm going to try to promote the president's agenda," Sen. Gregg said in an interview. "The election was a referendum on the president, so we are going to be working closely with the president." Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act will be the first item on the agenda of business groups. The act governs which workers should work 40-hour weeks and receive overtime pay, and which are exempt. Employers argue that the law hasn't kept up with the times and should exempt more workers. They also want the freedom to allow hourly workers to take time off in lieu of overtime pay....