Word: vetoes
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...will flood the job market with low-paid, non-union labor, hence further undermining organized labor. While Gephardt, a longtime friend of labor whose father was a Teamster, promised to introduce legislation to encourage former welfare recipients finding new jobs to join unions, Gore promised that President Clinton would veto any bill that forces employees to choose between overtime pay and compensatory time off for long hours. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney had opened the meeting with a call to action: having halted a twenty-year slide in membership, the union is now poised to sink fully one-third...
...first black African to hold the highest U.N. post was chosen only after a round of diplomatic fisticuffs between two increasingly bitter adversaries, France and the U.S. Bruised by the U.S. veto of Boutros-Ghali, its preferred choice, France endorsed three other candidates ahead of Annan. U.S. Secretary of State-designate Madeleine Albright negotiated throughout the week with the French U.N. ambassador. By Thursday, Annan had 14 of the 15 Security Council votes, with only France dissenting, and Paris finally gave way when all three African nations on the council, including Boutros-Ghali's Egypt, united behind the Ghanaian. Annan...
Nelson's outstanding record and ability to unite an often-fractious council makes his a good choice in this week's election. Last year, he coauthored the Nelson-Grimmelmann Act, which improved the Undergraduate Council's relationship with Lewis. Thanks to Nelson's work, Lewis must either sign or veto legislation the council sends him and provide an explanation of his actions. As chair of the Student Affairs Committee, Nelson persuaded the full council to end its silence on review of the Core Curriculum. He initiated the council's first internal review of the Core, and the council's proposals...
...first-year, he was partially responsible for the landmark Nelson-Grimmelmann Act, which requires Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 to approve or veto any legislation that the council sends...
...against the rules, arguing that they would cost billions, are based on dubious research, and would require Americans to change the way they do everything from generating electricity to barbecuing steaks. Opponents are likely to get a sympathetic reception in Congress, which last year gave itself the power to veto such rules...