SENATE BILL: Responsible Federal Contracting Act of 2013 (Law'd)

[TJ in Oregon]

TJ how you would feel about a proposal that looked something like this?

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It makes more sense than the current bill, but I still can't support it. Raising the minimum wage for one set of employees a lot while keeping the overall minimum wage constant doesn't really make sense and double is way too high to raise the minimum wage nationally without economic repercussions.

I would support forbidding the federal government from reimbursing contractors for their executive salaries.

How would that work exactly? IF the company solely engages in the supplying/servicing of the gov't, they wouldn't have any executive salaries if I understand you right, which seems to be even worse in terms of the concern you mentioned in the first paragraph.

No, what current law allows is for the federal government to actually pay the contractor executive's salary in addition to all of the government contracts it holds if the contracts it holds if more than a third of its business is government contracts. The policy was instituted during the tech bubble in fear that high tech companies would siphon all the talent away from contractors. I don't think that fear is relevant at this point and I don't think it merits the sweatheart deal. If there's anything we ought to be doing here, it isn't adding a bunch of market-distorting mandates that will damage the contractor's labor market position, it's getting read of the outdated crony deal in their favor.

[TJ in Oregon]

I would support something like this:

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[TNF]

That sounds like something I could get on board with, and I'm willing to offer it as an amendment to the text of the bill.

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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Sponsor Feedback: Origination
Status: Senators have 24 hours to object.

[TNF]

I should assume that since no one made any objections (and for f**k's sake even posted in this thread aside from me, Yankee, and TJ) that the amendment has carried. I move that we proceed directly to a final vote, as basically everything substantive that's going to be said about this bill has likely already been said, because most of the Senate doesn't seem willing to address the issue.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Senators this bill is now at final vote, please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[TNF]

Aye

[MaxQue]

Aye

[TJ in Oregon]

Aye

I'm glad we came to a workable conclusion to this.

[Napoleon]

Aye

[Sbane]

Aye

[TNF]

Aye

I'm glad we came to a workable conclusion to this.

As am I, Senator.

[Gass3268]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Responsible Federal Contracting Act:

Aye (7): Gass3268, MaxQue, Napoleon, NC Yankee, sbane, TJ in Cleve and TNF
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (3): Bore, HagridoftheDeep, and Polnut

With seven votes in the affirmative and none in the negative, the bill has been passed and presented to the President for executive action.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

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