An American Contractor has been held in a cuban prison for four years. He was setting up internet on the island and the government felt it was to undermine the government. 85yearold Merrill Newman has been detained in north korea since october. Those are your headlines stori stories. What difference will two or three additional dollars per hour make in the life of lowwage americans and their times and the economy as a whole . The debate surrounding raising the minimum wage is the inside story. Hello, im ray suarez. The wheels of the American Economy turned with the labor of low wage workers across this country. The dishwashers, retail sales people and Healthcare Providers who toil at the federal minimum wage havent seen a pay raise in four years and efforts in congress to find one have stagnated. Cities, states, and counties are taking it on themselves to bring their workers to income levels closer to the fiscal realities of these tough times. And its no easy task. As much debate surro
Entry. So you did not tested prior to october 1 . No, sir. Again that hearing you can see in its entirety tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. And yesterday the house energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and Technology Held a hearing on wired communications and internet protocolbased networks. Some of the topics discussed include the telecommunication laws surrounding those networks as well as the impact of Communications Advancements on consumers and businesses. This is a little more than two hours. [inaudible conversations] we will call the subcommitsubcommit tee on communications and technology to order and begin our hearing on the evolution of wired Communications Networks. Wired Communications Networks have come a long way since the days of the telegraph or the rotary phone. It is getting harder and harder to remember at a time when you wanted to reach out and touch someone ma bell twisted copper wires were the only option. Todays consumers have so many more optio
And foreclose shures were mounting. When president came into office our economy was shrinking at an. 3 annual rate. The American People fought their way back from the brink. Cause of our nations resill resilience, we have seen our deficit shrink. Businesses have added more than two million jobs over the last year alone. Manufacturing has expanded while to Housing Market continues improve. At the same time our deficits are half what they were a few years ago. Even though progress has been made, our economy is not erforming at full steam. The pace of growth in hiring has ot been consistent enough, and the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling impasse were examples of that brinksmanship. A manufactured crisis, but a crisis nonetheless. Even though we do not know the full exfent of the damage, we know it slowed Economic Growth and job creation in this quarter. What we should learn from this searing experience is that washington politics should not hurt workers and our economy nor be use
Surviving. Has it been difficult to survive the last couple of weeks . Its gotten its getting worse. Stevens is picking up as many side jobs as he can and spending downtime with family, who has also been affected by the shutdown since any money he makes is going to his mortgage. Cant go out and go to theme parks or big dinners. So were pretty much staying at home. Its not a lot of extra spending. Even when nasa reopens, as a contractor, hes not eligible for back pay. At this point, hell just be happy to get to work fulltime. As for nasa ames, 1,000 are on furlough. Quite a few people are scrambling to figure out how to get through the next several weeks. They got a paycheck last week, it was 60 . If they dont go back to work friday, theyll have to wait a month for payday. Many workers have sought out Short Term Loans to pay the bills until they get back to work and get back pay. Even though the bill the house is set to vote on will only guarantee funding through january 15th, workers s
October 1st. Thats the same day the federal Government Shutdown. It was guaranteed work for two years but now stevens is taking side jobs here and there waiting for the federal government to resolve its issues, like other contractors and federal employees who will be pinching pennies until then. Basically this whole provider it will help out tremendously on surviving. Has it been difficult to survive the last couple weeks . Its gotten, its slowly getting worse. Reporter nasa aim has 1,000 employees on furlough and waiting for any word of a deal in washington so they, too, can resume work. The president of the employees union said many workers sought out shortterm loans to pay the bill until they get back to work and also get back pay. Live in oakley. Now the tea party is getting most of the blame, one of the most powerful politicians in the country said all parties should be ashamed. Dianne feinstein is not mincing her words. She spoke on the senate floor just earlier this evening abou