US Franchise Owners storm Capitol Hill

Overnight Regulation:
Franchise owners storm Capitol Hill
September 30, 2015
It’s Wednesday evening here in Washington, and small business owners are flocking to the capital to complain about what they see as heavy-handed regulations.
Here’s what is happening.

THE BIG STORY

Small business owners are storming Capitol Hill on Wednesday, pushing lawmakers to strike down a contentious labor policy imposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

 

As part of the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) fly-in day, some 400 small business owners are lobbying against the NLRB's new joint employer ruling. They're meeting with 124 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, including Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.).

 

The NLRB handed down the controversial joint employer ruling last month, deciding that companies can be held responsible for labor violations committed by their business partners. Franchise owners say this could force them out of business and devastate a business model that cuts across multiple industries.

 

The franchise owners are hoping to build support among Democrats for legislation that would roll back the ruling.

“This isn’t a Republican issue or a Democratic issue,” said IFA spokesman Matthew Haller. “It’s a local business issue.

“We’re looking to get our message in front of every congressional office — and we’re looking to build largely Democratic support for the bill,” he added.

The Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act introduced earlier this month by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) would draw a distinction between an employee’s direct employer and any other companies they work alongside.

Dozens of the franchise owners met with Kline and Alexander Wednesday morning to kick off the fly-in day.

 

“Many of you in this room have worked like crazy to establish your small business to achieve your American dream,” Kline said. “Now you find out that you have some bureaucrats here in Washington, who don’t know anything about your business, they might not know anything about business at all, but they’re determined to tell you how to run yours."

 

The legislation has drawn early Republican support, but Democrats have been slow to sign on.

In the Senate, the legislation has 44 co-sponsors, but no Democrats. In the House, one Democrat has signed on.

Lawmakers say the success of the legislation hinges on how many Democrats they can get on board. That’s where the franchise owners are focusing their efforts Wednesday.

 

TOMORROW’S REGS TODAY

The Obama administration will publish 191 new regulations, proposed rules, notices and other administrative actions in Thursday’s edition of the Federal Register.

 

—The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will look into safety standards for children’s play yards.

The CPSC is issuing an information collection request to examine the impact of the play yards safety standard it rolled out in August 2013.

"The standard is intended to address hazards to children associated with the misassembly of play yards and play yard accessories,” the agency wrote.

 

 

 

 —The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will issue new protections for certain butterflies.

The FWS is designating critical habitats for the Dakota skipper and Poweshiek skipperling.

The Dakota skipper’s critical habitat will span 19,903 acres across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. 

The Poweshiek skipperling’s critical habitat will span 25,888 acres across Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. 

 

 

—The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will exempt 65 truck drivers who are partially blind from vision requirements that would otherwise prohibit them from driving. http://bit.ly/1VnkWAh

The FMCSA is also considering exempting another 59 partially-blind truck drivers. http://bit.ly/1GhGSAw

These truck drivers often suffer from poor vision in one eye, but can see well enough in the other eye to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle. 

 

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News Edited By:

 

Kanwal Abidi    - 063 News *Global Press Agency

- Political Analyst & Journalist

 

 

 

Saudi Prince VIP movement behind Mina Stampede

Press TV has conducted an interview with Colin Cavell, a university lecturer and political commentator from Virginia, to get his insight into the main cause of the crush incident during the Hajj rites in Mina, a holy city near Mecca.

 

---- The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

 

Press TV: Why is it that despite raking in huge amounts of money from the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia cares less for pilgrim safety and instead invests in building skyscrapers, which are literally changing the religious identity of the city as well?

 

Cavell: As the Saudi officials have already indicated, they blame the people for the deaths. They’re trying to cover up what is a very tragic crime. We have here at least 700 people dead and more probably upwards of 2000 with over 131 Iranians dead so far. And this is just the preliminary results.

And what we have here is a newspaper in Lebanon on Thursday reported that the road was deliberately blocked and now we’re finding enough from other sources, it was blocked because deputy crown price Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, the youngest defense minister in the world, 30 years old, has been escorted by over 340 military policemen. And this caused the people to be turned away from the small narrow route and began to avoid confronting this convoy. They quickly flew him out and then they put a silence on any reports that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was anywhere in the area.

So, What we have is a tragedy on many levels internally. As President Rouhani of Iran said you have many of experienced soldiers in Saudi Arabia who are engaged in a reckless war down in Yemen. You have what is virtually the “Foxes Guarding the Hen House” in Saudi Arabia. You have mismanagement at Saudi Arabia’s highest levels. They have tons of money and they do not care about the pilgrims. They do not care about the people. They only interested in gaining incredibly and increasingly more and more money.

And you can see the same thing with Saudi Arabia buying a seat recently on the Human Rights Council. There you have the foxes guarding the hen house. Now you have in Saudi Arabia, which claims to be the custodian of the two holy mosques, there also you have the foxes guarding the hen house. We have to get rid of these foxes.

 

 

 

Press TV: Indeed, many countries criticize Saudi Arabia for its mismanagement.  How do you think such a great annual event should be managed then? I mean, there shouldn’t be a council of several Muslim countries instead of only Saudi Arabia?

 

 

 

Cavell: That would be a better arrangement than having one state claiming to be the sole custodian of the two holy mosques.

If they claim to be the custodian, then they should be the custodian. They should actually act in a responsible manner, but as we’ve seen back just 25 years ago we saw 1400 people were killed. Just two months ago, we saw over a hundred more people killed. And now we probably have over 2,000 people killed. So, they’re not really learning from their responsibility.

Editor's Note:
----- Already people who fell martyr during Mina Stampede is tragic, moreover, the way their dead bodies which were handled on-site with dump trucks is "deplorable". If United Nations do not raise any voice against it or muslim leaders remain silent, then we should remove the word humanity and replace it with barbarism. UN Headquarters should turn into museum - if they are silent? By the way, do they have any voice of humanity? oops Voice of Barbarism.
------ Surely, Saudia Arab should NO longer be sole custodians of Holy Place. More muslim states should be involved.
----- Wake up World .... !!!!!

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Edited By:

 

Kanwal Abidi      *063 News - Global Press Agency (Founder)

*Political Analyst & Journalist

Trump on 2nd Amendment, issues Policy on Rights to Keep Arms !!!

PROTECTING OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.

The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away. Our Founding Fathers knew, and our Supreme Court has upheld, that the Second Amendment’s purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves and our families. This is about self-defense, plain and simple.

It’s been said that the Second Amendment is America’s first freedom. That’s because the Right to Keep and Bear Arms protects all our other rights. We are the only country in the world that has a Second Amendment. Protecting that freedom is imperative. Here’s how we will do that:

- Enforce The Laws On The Books

We need to get serious about prosecuting violent criminals. The Obama administration’s record on that is abysmal. Violent crime in cities like Baltimore, Chicago and many others is out of control. Drug dealers and gang members are given a slap on the wrist and turned loose on the street. This needs to stop.

Several years ago there was a tremendous program in Richmond, Virginia called Project Exile. It said that if a violent felon uses a gun to commit a crime, you will be prosecuted in federal court and go to prison for five years – no parole or early release. Obama’s former Attorney General, Eric Holder, called that a “cookie cutter” program. That’s ridiculous. I call that program a success. Murders committed with guns in Richmond decreased by over 60% when Project Exile was in place – in the first two years of the program alone, 350 armed felons were taken off the street.

Why does that matter to law-abiding gun owners? Because they’re the ones who anti-gun politicians and the media blame when criminals misuse guns. We need to bring back and expand programs like Project Exile and get gang members and drug dealers off the street. When we do, crime will go down and our cities and communities will be safer places to live.

Here’s another important way to fight crime – empower law-abiding gun owners to defend themselves. Law enforcement is great, they do a tremendous job, but they can’t be everywhere all of the time. Our personal protection is ultimately up to us. That’s why I’m a gun owner, that’s why I have a concealed carry permit, and that’s why tens of millions of Americans have concealed carry permits as well. It’s just common sense. To make America great again, we’re going to go after criminals and put the law back on the side of the law-abiding.

- Fix Our Broken Mental Health System

Let’s be clear about this. Our mental health system is broken. It needs to be fixed. Too many politicians have ignored this problem for too long.

All of the tragic mass murders that occurred in the past several years have something in common – there were red flags that were ignored. We can’t allow that to continue. We need to expand treatment programs, because most people with mental health problems aren’t violent, they just need help. But for those who are violent, a danger to themselves or others, we need to get them off the street before they can terrorize our communities. This is just common sense.

And why does this matter to law-abiding gun owners? Once again, because they get blamed by anti-gun politicians, gun control groups and the media for the acts of deranged madmen. When one of these tragedies occurs, we can count on two things: one, that opponents of gun rights will immediately exploit it to push their political agenda; and two, that none of their so-called “solutions” would have prevented the tragedy in the first place. They’ve even admitted it.

We need real solutions to address real problems. Not grandstanding or political agendas.

- Defend The Rights of Law-Abiding Gun Owners

GUN AND MAGAZINE BANS. Gun and magazine bans are a total failure. That’s been proven every time it’s been tried. Opponents of gun rights try to come up with scary sounding phrases like “assault weapons”, “military-style weapons” and “high capacity magazines” to confuse people. What they’re really talking about are popular semi-automatic rifles and standard magazines that are owned by tens of millions of Americans. Law-abiding people should be allowed to own the firearm of their choice. The government has no business dictating what types of firearms good, honest people are allowed to own.

BACKGROUND CHECKS. There has been a national background check system in place since 1998. Every time a person buys a gun from a federally licensed gun dealer – which is the overwhelming majority of all gun purchases – they go through a federal background check. Study after study has shown that very few criminals are stupid enough to try and pass a background check – they get their guns from friends/family members or by stealing them. So the overwhelming majority of people who go through background checks are law-abiding gun owners. When the system was created, gun owners were promised that it would be instant, accurate and fair. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case today. Too many states are failing to put criminal and mental health records into the system – and it should go without saying that a system’s only going to be as effective as the records that are put into it. What we need to do is fix the system we have and make it work as intended. What we don’t need to do is expand a broken system.

NATIONAL RIGHT TO CARRY. The right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That’s why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states. A driver’s license works in every state, so it’s common sense that a concealed carry permit should work in every state. If we can do that for driving – which is a privilege, not a right – then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege.

MILITARY BASES AND RECRUITING CENTERS. Banning our military from carrying firearms on bases and at recruiting centers is ridiculous. We train our military how to safely and responsibly use firearms, but our current policies leave them defenseless. To make America great again, we need a strong military. To have a strong military, we need to allow them to defend themselves.

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Edited & Compiled by:

KANWAL ABIDI   * 063 News (Press Agency)                                                                                   *Political Analyst & Journalist 

Trump on Gun Policy in CNN Presidential Debate

On 16th Sept, 2015 - Trump steps up on podium, set ahead of Reagan's Air Force One, at Reagan Library, to answer the world, why he should sit, next - in Oval Office, White House!

During the Wednesday’s CNN Republican Debate, moderators allotted for very little time for candidate to make clear their position on the Second Amendment.

Being given literally zero time to discuss his position on the issue of gun rights, front-runner Donald J. Trump released an official statement pertaining to the matter directly on to his campaign website. Let me tell you, Michael Bloomberg and his ‘Everytown’ ilk are not going to like this one bit…

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The opening statement reads “The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.” 

Yes… He added “Period” after a period with another period, making it clear that he believes the people have the right to keep and bear arms under the constitution, end of story. Ok, I dig that… Moving on.

Trump’s statement immediately addresses liberal arguments on gun control by explaining that the right to bear arms is an essential part of self-defense.

“The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away…. the Second Amendment’s purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves and our families. This is about self-defense, plain and simple.

It’s been said that the Second Amendment is America’s first freedom. That’s because the Right to Keep and Bear Arms protects all our other rights… Protecting that freedom is imperative.”

Oh, it gets far better…

Going on to attack gun-control efforts by the Obama administration along with a list of catastrophic gun-control failures around the nation that have done absolutely nothing but harm law-abiding citizens, Trump states it is time to get serious about prosecuting criminals.

The Obama administration’s record on that is abysmal. Violent crime in cities like Baltimore, Chicago and many others is out of control. Drug dealers and gang members are given a slap on the wrist and turned loose on the street. This needs to stop.

Why does that matter to law-abiding gun owners? Because they’re the ones who anti-gun politicians and the media blame when criminals misuse guns. 

Here’s another important way to fight crime – empower law-abiding gun owners to defend themselves. Law enforcement is great… but they can’t be everywhere all of the time. Our personal protection is ultimately up to us. That’s why I’m a gun owner, that’s why I have a concealed carry permit, and that’s why tens of millions of Americans have concealed carry permits as well. It’s just common sense. To make America great again, we’re going to go after criminals and put the law back on the side of the law-abiding.

Trump goes on to cover the nation’s broke mental health system, explaining that “all of the tragic mass murders that occurred in the past several years have something in common – there were red flags that were ignored.” 

Trump covered the “total failure” of gun and magazine bans while attacking gun-grabber efforts to strike fear in the minds of the general public by using “scary” terms such as “assault weapons”, “military-style weapons” and“high capacity magazines.”

The policy calls for an end to efforts to strip rights to own such magazines and firearms.

In probably one of the most important parts of the policy, Trump calls for a National Conceal Carry program to function like a driver’s license. While we believe the 2nd Amendment serves as a carry permit and other permits should not be required, Trump’s stance is a huge step in the right direction.

NATIONAL RIGHT TO CARRY. The right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That’s why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states. A driver’s license works in every state, so it’s common sense that a concealed carry permit should work in every state. If we can do that for driving – which is a privilege, not a right – then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege.

Very well done.

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Edited By:

KANWAL ABIDI   
*063 NEWS (Founder, Press Agency) 
- Political Analyst & Journalist