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Senate votes on several of President Obama’s nominees to vital cabinet and agency positions, including Secretary of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members, could come as soon as Monday. Republicans have blocked those and other nominations through Senate rules and filibuster threats.
The average food stamp recipient receives about $31 a week ($4.42 a day) for groceries and that’s apparently too much for House Republicans—who by the way earn about $3,350 a week plus perks and seem to work about three days a week for maybe 40 weeks of the year. But I digress.In this latest Workonomics installment for Upworthy Rep. Peter DeFazio (E-Ore.), sees just how far that $30 stretches and then live on it for a week.
College students and their families are facing even greater obstacles in paying for an already almost out-of-reach college education after a minority of Senate Republicans this week blocked a bill that would have kept federal student loan interests rates from doubling.
The popular blog Gawker has been running an occasional series about Walmart built from the employees’ personal experiences and stories. The tales of Walmart's reported disrespect towards workers are so powerful that Walmart posted a message on its internal employee website urging employees to share positive stories, Gawker's Hamilton Nolan reported yesterday.
