US Senate blocks minimum wage increase
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13:07 22/06/2006
Since 1997 there have been nine attempts in the US Senate to increase the minimum wage for working class people in America. Wednesday marked the ninth time that such a stand-alone proposal has been...
No more H-1B visas available in the US for this year
11:54 02/06/2006
The government has reached the limit on H-1B visas (the "high-tech worker visa") for 2007, which begins 01 October, 2006. The leed from the official press release reads "U.S. Citizenship and...
Annual limit on H1-B visa raised US Senate immigration bill
19:16 30/05/2006
There are a number of hidden details in the immigration reform bills passed by each house of the US Congress in the past weeks. The Senate bill alone is over 600 pages, with dozens of amendments...
US Senate passes immigration reform bill
18:42 26/05/2006
The United States is engaged in an intense debate over the most substantial overhaul of immigration law in 20 years. The two houses of the US Congress have both created bills that each proposes to be...
U.S. Senate to Debate Immigration Reform Again
13:54 12/05/2006
The United States Senate decided on Thursday to revive an immigration bill that was tabled last week. In theory, it could provide millions of the estimated 13 million illegal immigrants currently in...
US Senate reviews immigration reform
9:29 03/05/2006
The US Senate will try again within weeks to break the deadlock on immigration reform, the leader of Senate business says. Bill Frist was speaking after huge demonstrations on May 1 illustrated...
