Kennedy, Kerry withdraw sponsorship of H-1B amendment
A little noticed amendment sponsored by Senate Democrats Kennedy and Kerry to the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 that would have raised the quota for H-1B visas was tabled earlier this week after initial approval by a voice vote in the Senate. Amendment 180 if it remained in the Fair Minimum Wage Act which is expected to pass by a large margin, was essentially a version of the SKIL Bill. It would have at least do
Recommend ThisA little noticed amendment sponsored by Senate Democrats Kennedy and Kerry to the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 that would have raised the quota for H-1B visas was tabled earlier this week after initial approval by a voice vote in the Senate.
Amendment 180 if it remained in the Fair Minimum Wage Act which is expected to pass by a large margin, was essentially a version of the SKIL Bill.
It would have at least doubled the number of H-1B visas along with a provision to increase that number by 20 percent in each succeeding year if the visa quota was filled the previous year.
Another part of the amendment called for a new visa, H-5, for unskilled workers.
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