Sean Higgins

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U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd L), Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) (4th L), Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) (3rd L), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) (R), and Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) (L) share a moment during a news conference to announce new members of the House Democratic leadership team Nov. 17, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Anti-trade Dems not reaching out to Republican counterparts

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 12:13 am

The senators argued that the current definition of the work week under Obamacare is causing businesses to cut back the hours they give employees to avoid the law's mandates. (iStock)

Senators introduce bill to counter Obamacare’s 40-hour week

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 10:48 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's "moral and economic interests."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AFL-CIO to hold minimum wage events in key primary states

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 6:47 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks about raising wages during the forum AFL-CIO National Summit, Wednesday at Gallaudet University in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Warren: Raising minimum wage is ‘personal’

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 5:37 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez told a House panel Wednesday that the White House's proposed new overtime rule would be released sometime in the next few months. (AP Photo)

Labor secretary: Raising minimum wage a religious imperative

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 4:42 pm

Warren has been an advocate of raising the wage and addressing wage inequality in general. (J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Democrats pushing minimum wage hike

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 10:00 am

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Business groups sue labor board over speedy union election rule

Sean Higgins · January 6, 2015 5:39 pm

The rule would require companies to disclose the ratio between the CEO's annual pay and their employees'. (iStock Photo)

CEO pay rule a top SEC priority

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2015 2:00 pm

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will review whether the monarch butterfly should be included on the endangered species list. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Monarch butterfly may get ‘endangered’ status

Sean Higgins · January 1, 2015 10:57 pm

DA in Eric Garner case could replace Rep. Grimm

DA in Eric Garner case could replace Rep. Grimm

Sean Higgins · January 1, 2015 10:23 pm

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Chick-fil-A warns its payment data may have breached

Sean Higgins · January 1, 2015 9:34 pm

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center's social action director, told the Washington Examiner that colleges and universities were now part of the "front lines" in the struggle against anti-Semitism. (iStock)

Anti-Semitism rising in academia, group warns

Sean Higgins · January 1, 2015 9:24 pm