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Thread #94165   Message #1834512
Posted By: Old Guy
14-Sep-06 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: Has Walmart been defeated?
Subject: RE: BS: Has Walmart been defeated?
So this bill does not target Walmart? Then why do they call it the Walmart bill?

Md. Legislature Overrides Veto on Wal-Mart Bill
By John Wagner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 13, 2006; Page A01
Maryland lawmakers bucked the will of the state's Republican governor and the nation's largest retailer yesterday, voting to become the first state to effectively require that Wal-Mart spend more on employee health care.

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