from the AFL-CIO
This is urgent: Please urge your members of Congress to restore overtime pay.
They have a chance to save overtime pay this week as they vote on 2005 spending bills. Some of those budget measures have amendments that would restore overtime pay for the 6 million workers who stand to lose it under President George W. Bush's overtime pay take-away.
Your continued action to restore overtime pay is extremely important now. Help us make sure President Bush and his allies in Congress know the president's re-election doesn't mean he can cut our paychecks. We're going to keep fighting this overtime pay cut until we win.
OK, I was just looking at Vote Smart. I don't see the info for the AFL-CIO, but I do see BI-PAC's data, and they rank things the opposite of the AFL-CIO. So here are my picks for republicans and independents that could be allies on worker's rights in the order that I see them as coming to our side. (Some of these people may have since lost their elections.)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Bernie Sanders was an independent. I thought he was a democrat.
SENATEJames M. 'Jim' Jeffords--Independent (Senate-VT) 17%
Lincoln D. Chafee (Senate-RI) 34%
John S. McCain (Senate-AZ) 43%
Olympia J. Snowe (Senate-ME) 47%
Susan M. Collins (Senate-ME) 60%
Judd A. Gregg (Senate-NH) 69%
Lindsey O. Graham (Senate-SC) 78%
John E. Sununu (Senate-NH) 78%
HOUSEBernard 'Bernie' Sanders- Independent (House-VT) 4%
James A. 'Jim' Leach (House-IA) 54%
Frank A. LoBiondo (House-NJ) 54%
Ronald E. 'Ron' Paul (House-TX) 57%
Christopher H. 'Chris' Smith (House-NJ) 60%
Christopher H. Shays (House-CT) 62%
Michael N. Castle (House-DE) 62%
Rodney M. Alexander (House-LA) 62%
H. James 'Jim' Saxton (House-NJ) 63%
Sherwood L. 'Sherry' Boehlert (House-NY) 65%
Sue W. Kelly (House-NY) 66%
Nancy Lee Johnson (House-CT) 69%
Mark Steven Kirk (House-IL) 69%
Timothy V. 'Tim' Johnson (House-IL) 69%
James M. 'Jim' Ramstad (House-MN) 75%
Peter T. King (House-NY) 75%
Wayne T. Gilchrest (House-MD) 78%
John M. McHugh (House-NY) 78%
Jack Quinn (House-NY) 78%
Amory 'Amo' Houghton (House-NY) 78%
Jeff Flake (House-AZ) 79%
Joel Hefley (House-CO) 79%
Thomas G. 'Tom' Tancredo (House-CO) 79%
Robert Ruhl 'Rob' Simmons (House-CT) 79%
Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood (House-GA) 79%
John Nathan Hostettler (House-IN) 79%
Walter Beaman Jones (House-NC) 79%
John E. Sweeney (House-NY) 79%
F. James Sensenbrenner (House-WI) 79%
I didn't put anyone on this list if they were over 79%. Maybe these people could draw the 80%+ crowd over, but I doubt the constituents alone could.
Actually, Bernie Sanders, while a registered independent, is also a self-declared socialist.
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