How a bill becomes a law (revised).(Devil in the Details)

FORGET WHAT YOU learned in Government 101 (or math class for that matter), because in Congress these days, a negative plus a negative equals a positive. And even though R's control everything, a House "yea" plus a Senate "yea" can still equal a firm "no" when the White House horns in. A quick lesson:

Our story begins this past spring, when the Labor Department announced a modest change in the rules affecting overtime pay. These new rules, which could take effect as early as 2004 and didn't require congressional action, prevent white-collar workers ...

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