Mark Dayton: “We are ready and willing to act on this legislation right now, in fact, as we were last week before it was pulled off…”

“We are ready and willing to act on this legislation right now, in fact, as we were last week before it was pulled off the floor by the Republican leader. The reason is because the Republican caucus does not want to have to vote on the pending amendment, which is the Harkin amendment, which would protect the rights to overtime pay for some 8 million Americans--police officers, firefighters, nurses, laborers; hard-working Americans who want to continue to receive overtime pay when they work their extra hours, whether it be for the sake of public safety, whether it is needed to fill shifts on hospital wards in order to keep them open to patients, or whether it is in order to earn extra income to improve their own lives and the lives of their families. These 8 million Americans are not asking for any special favors, such as are provided in the underlying bill.”