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COMMITTEE UPDATE
Annual Meeting Agenda Available Online
The Labor and Economic Development committee agenda is now available on the committee website.
Deadline Approaches to Submit Policy Proposals
Legislative Summit wraps up a year of developing policies to guide NCSL's work with the federal government. Submit resolutions to be considered to Carl Tubbesing by July 11.
Committee Website Updates
Both the Employee Off-Duty Conduct and Unemployment Insurance Resources pages have been recently updated with new information.
IN THE NEWS
Baucus Hints at Movement in TAA Talks, Calls for Passage of FTAs When
"Ready"
Daily Report for Executives
Banner No. 112
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Page A-14
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), saying that the
three stalled free trade agreements with Colombia, Korea, and Panama should
pass "when they're ready," indicated June 10 that there had been movement in
talks with the Bush administration and the committee's ranking member, Sen.
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), on trade adjustment assistance.
Baucus, who spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, reiterated his previously expressed view that enactment of expanded trade adjustment assistance (TAA) is a necessary prerequisite for passage of the stalled Colombia FTA. While he favors the Colombia FTA because "it's a good agreement," he stressed that TAA passage must come first. Asked about TAA discussions with Grassley and the administration, Baucus responded: "We're moving." He said that the way for the administration to achieve its goal of the Colombia FTA was to have TAA pass first. "The White House knows it too," he remarked.
Repeal sought for US port cargo security law
Associated Press
June 10, 2008
By Constant Brand
BRUSSELS, Belgium—World customs authorities on Tuesday called on the United States to repeal or scale back a new law that will require foreign ports to screen all containers before they are shipped to the U.S.
The Employment Situation: May 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
News Release June 6, 2008
The unemployment rate rose from 5.0 to 5.5 percent in May, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down (-49,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In May, employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and temporary help services, while health care continued to add jobs. Average hourly earnings rose by 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, over the month.
State Jobless Benefits Reserves Low
Stateline.org
Monday June 2, 2008
By Pamela M. Prah
More than a dozen states would be hard-pressed to provide unemployment benefits if the economy tailspins into a full-blown recession and more workers get pink slips.
U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Rules to Modernize and Increase Protections Under H-2B Program
U.S. Department of Labor Press Release
May 22, 2008
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today proposed rules to modernize the application process and enhance worker protections under the H-2B temporary labor certification program. The changes respond to the administration's Aug. 10, 2007, promise to review and update foreign worker program regulations.
RECENT REPORTS
U.S. Housing Bubble and The Global Financial Crisis: Housing and Housing-Related Finance
Ranking Republican Member Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Joint Economic Committee
United States Congress
May 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A combination of government policy errors and private sector miscalculations and mistakes underlie the inflation and deflation of the housing bubble, according to a new staff study released today by Congressman Jim Saxton, ranking Republican member of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC). The study, The U.S. Housing Bubble and the Global Financial Crisis: Housing and Housing-Related Finance, examines how a combination of government policies fostered a credit expansion that fueled a huge bubble in the U.S. housing market, and how the popping of this bubble destabilized the international financial system.
Analysis finds Mississippi PERS adds 12,000 jobs and $1.5 billion to state economy
This is the most recent of a series of studies on the economic effects of public pensions. This study was conducted by the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University
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2007-2008 Officers
Chair
Representative Phillip Frye
North Carolina
Vice Chairs
Senator Rosa Franklin
Washington
Senator Bill Heath
Georgia
Senator Gary LeBeau
Connecticut
Representative Julie Fisher
Utah
Representative James Johnson
Delaware
Representative Brent Yonts
Kentucky
Immediate Past Chair
Representative Steve Conway
Washington
Staff Chair
Gilbert Loredo
Texas
Staff Vice Chairs
Jill Fike
Georgia
Jeanne Schmedlen
Pennsylvania
Andrea Wilko
Utah
Immediate Past Staff Chair
Nelson Fox
Ohio
Committee Staff
Diana Hinton Noel
Senior Policy Specialist
Labor and Economic Development Committee
NCSL - DC
202-624-7779
diana.hitnon@ncsl.org
Jeremy Meadows
Senior Policy Director
Trade and Transportation
NCSL - DC
202-624-8664
jeremy.meadows@ncsl.org
Jeanne Mejeur
Research Manager
Legislative Information Services Program
NCSL - Denver
303-364-7700
jeanne.mejeur@ncsl.org
Robert Strange
Legislative Analyst
State-Federal Relations
NCSL - DC
202-624-8698
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