Tag: Override

14 SEP

Bernie Sanders blocks Republican proposal to override workers and stop a railroad strike: ‘It is time for Congress to stand on the side of workers for a change’

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Senator Bernie Sanders blocked a Republican resolution to avert a rail strike and override workers. Republicans want Congress to step in and enact contract recommendations, even if workers don't agree. Sanders said that workers deserve paid sick leave, which is the demand holding up agreements. Sen. […]

29 APR

NHTSA proposal would override California’s tougher emissions rules

The Trump administration hasn’t been shy about wanting to roll back emissions and fuel economy guidelines, but there’s been a key obstacle to that: California. It has a waiver permitting it to apply tougher emissions standards, and that (combined with support from 12 other states) effectively dictates the rules for automakers across the US. Officials […]

12 SEP

Crash Override book review: Defining what the Internet can learn from the G-word

(credit: Public Affairs Books) “I find myself having to frequently explain completely incomprehensible nonsense,” game maker Zoe Quinn writes in her new book Crash Override. “And it’s hard to bond with someone when they can’t understand you.” This sentence sums up Quinn’s memoir-length attempt to grapple with her Internet experience, which has become too common: as Gamergate’s “patient […]