Change in Congressional Leadership Puts Employment Issues at Top of Legislative Priority List
Jackson Lewis LLP
January 16, 2007
When the 110th Congress commences in January 2007, the leadership of both the U. S. House of Representatives and the Senate will swing to the Democrats, and it is widely anticipated that among their top priorities are a number of legislative initiatives affecting employers and employees. These initiatives likely will be spearheaded by the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; by Senator Edward Kennedy as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; by Representative George Miller as head of the House Education and Workforce Committee; by Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee as head of the House Immigration Subcommittee; and by Representative John Conyers as head of the House Judiciary Committee, among others.
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