Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
http://washingtontimes.com/national/...0720-2734r.htm

Yep. This is really a more civil, transparent congress.

Hope you're happy with the reformers!
Sorry Charlie! The American Samoas have been exempt....nothing new there. If you read the story carefully you will see this is a rather misleading headline. What happened was other islands in the Pacific lost the exemption but not the Samoas (which very many people...including most of Congress I would guess...could not find on a map...) And....oh this will shock you... in the FLSA there is a different minimum wage for exemption from overtime for the American Samoas as well... There must be a way to blame that on Pelosi!

And what about Tuna of the Sea? Whose district are they headquartered in? Is that congressperson in on this great conspiracy???

Did you know agriculture is also exempt from the federal minimum wage? Has been since it was established as a part of the FLSA in 1938. I can see the headline now....Pelosi has agricultural companies in her district and she did not end the minimum wage exemption they have!

You'll have to do a little better than this one!