The Week in Review: Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked - TopicsExpress



          

The Week in Review: Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked consideration of a bill that would boost the federal minimum wage. Sen. Bernie Sanders was disappointed but not surprised. A proposal before the Federal Communications Commission to let service providers sell fast lanes on the Internet has drawn more than 14,000 comments, mostly critical, since it was first posted Tuesday evening on Sanders’ website. On the court beat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday handed an important victory to the Environmental Protection Agency, former Justice John Paul Stevens testified in favor of a constitutional amendment to undo a decision that struck down campaign funding laws, and a federal judge in Wisconsin breathed life into the Voting Rights Act. Read more: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/the-week-in-review-050214
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 22:00:00 +0000

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