Click photo to enlarge FILE In this April 16, 2013 file photo
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, accompanied by
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during a House
Republican Leadership news conference on Capitol Hill in
Washington. Republicans want to give employees who work more
than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead
of overtime pay; the option already exists in the public sector.
The legislation is part of a broader Republican agenda
undertaken by House Majority Leader Cantor to expand the party's
political appeal to working families.      But the idea
Republicans promote as "pro-worker" is vigorously opposed by
worker advocacy groups, labor unions and most Democrats, who
claim it's really a backdoor way for businesses to skimp on
overtime pay.  The White House on Monday issued a veto threat,
saying the bill undermines the right to overtime pay and doesn't
offer enough protection for workers who may not want to receive
compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pa