Category Archives: Salary

‘Shared sacrifice’: Should Congress cut its pay, benefits?

By doris | Published: September 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Should members of Congress cut their salaries or raise the age at which they can draw a congressional pension when many Americans are making personal sacrifices during the country’s prolonged economic crisis? Sen. Sherrod Brown thinks so. In April, the Ohio Democrat introduced the Shared Retirement Sacrifice Act [...]

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White House salaries slide up

By doris | Published: July 3, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com The 2011 White House salary report is out, and it shows that 141 people are paid more than $100,000 a year in President Barack Obama’s White House. Another 201 people on the staff of 454 are paid more than between $100,000 and $50,000. That’s a jump from the last year of [...]

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U.S. urges Egypt’s Mubarak do more, sends envoy

By doris | Published: January 31, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to do more than name a new government in response to mass protests and sent an envoy to Cairo to reinforce the message. Former U.S. ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner was on the ground in Cairo as U.S. officials sought to [...]

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General: South Korea drill could cause ‘chain reaction

By doris | Published: December 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The U.S. military is concerned that South Korea’s live-fire artillery exercises planned for coming days could spark an uncontrollable clash with the North, but the State Department said the exercises are not meant to be threatening or provocative. “What we worry about, obviously, is if that is misunderstood [...]

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Biden, Obama urge Senate to pass Paycheck Fairness Act

By doris | Published: July 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden urged the Senate on Tuesday to “get on the right side” and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, and President Barack Obama issued a statement reiterating his support of the legislation. The bill, approved by the House in a 256-163 vote in January of last year, [...]

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Despite recovery, employers aren’t hiring

By doris | Published: October 3, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowhere close to hiring again. Uncertain about prospects for recovery — the economy’s and their own — employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, the government said Friday. [...]

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White House releases staff salary list

By doris | Published: July 3, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) – Top-level staff members of the Obama White House earn the same amount as their predecessors in the Bush administration, according to a report submitted to Congress Wednesday. The president announced the pay freeze on his first full day in office for White House employees earning more than $100,000. [...]

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