{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=3ac80d31-eb24-4070-8d4a-1ba6a470eb5c", "Murkowski: Health Care Law\u2019s Full-Time Definition is \u201cOut of Step,\u201d Risking Work Hour Cuts", "2013-11-08", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.08.13\n\t\t\t Murkowski: Health Care Law\u2019s Full-Time Definition is \u201cOut of Step,\u201d Risking Work Hour Cuts \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator Continues to Fight Widespread Negative Impacts of Law,  Joins Bipartisan Push to Advance Forty Hours is Full Time Act\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 With the health care law\u2019s employer mandate causing cuts to work hours nationwide, Senator Lisa Murkowski and a bipartisan group of Senators is urging the Budget Conference Committee to take up the Forty Hours is Full Time Act (S. 1188) she co-sponsored earlier this year. This bill aims to redefine the use of \u201cfull-time\u201d employee in the health care law since the law presently considers that a \u201cfull-time employee\u201d works a mere 30 hours, which could lead to dramatic decreases in take-home pay for Americans nationwide, especially in crucial Alaskan economic drivers like restaurants, hotels and retail.\r\nIn a letter (attached), Murkowski asserts that effective health care reform \u201cshould expand access to coverage, while not inhibiting economic growth.\u201d Later, she expresses concern that \u201cthe PPACA definition of full time as an employee working just 30 hours a week is out-of-step with standard employment practices in the U.S. today and will hurt the economy and likely cut hours for current full-time employees.\u201d\r\nThe Forty Hours is Full Time Act would change the PPACA\u2019s definition of \u201cfull time employee\u201d to 40 hours a week and would make a matching adjustment in the monthly hours used to calculate \u201cfull time equivalent\u201d employee. After speaking with many small business owners in Alaska who had to cut hours due to new taxes, Murkowski implored the conference members take up this bill to add this sensible definition to the PPACA.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t  \n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=3ac80d31-eb24-4070-8d4a-1ba6a470eb5c"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4572360087186098, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}