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"Over the past year, the President has urged Congress to
pass responsible comp time legislation. Today's cloture vote demonstrates that
the bill currently before the Senate is not such a bill. The comp time bill
introduced by the Senate Democrats gives employees a real choice between
overtime pay or paid time off when they work more than 40 hours in a week. I
urge Senators of both parties to work together to pass a bill that gives
employees the ability to choose to earn comp time and that lets employees use
comp time when they need it.
"The President will sign a comp time bill that gives
employees real choice, protects them from potential employer abuse, and
preserves workers' paychecks. The House-passed legislation fails this test --
now it's up to the Senate to pass a bipartisan bill that gives America's
workers the comp time they need and deserve, a bill the President can and will
sign."
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