HUGE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY!:

Senate blocks new overtime pay rules (AP, 9/10/2003)

The Senate voted Wednesday to bar the Bush administration from issuing new overtime pay rules that Democrats and organized labor said would take money from the pockets of millions of workers.

The vote was 54-45, and left the fate of the controversial new regulations uncertain. The House blessed the administration's proposal earlier this year, and congressional negotiators will have to untangle the disagreement In addition, the White House has raised the possibility of a veto if Congress tries to block the rules. [...]

The proposed rules — which would not affect workers under union contracts — will take affect as soon as early 2004 unless a law is enacted blocking them.

Standing in Democrats' way is the Republican-led House, which in July voted to uphold the rules by 213-210 after the chamber's GOP leaders switched several votes at the last moment.

Sure, it's meaningless and will never become law, but this is as good as it gets if you're a Democrat these days.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 10, 2003 1:19 PM