john kline
The Senate is to vote on it early next week and President Barack Obama is expected to sign it.
A compromise bill was a long time coming.
After years of trying, Congress is finally on the verge of rewriting the 2002 law.
Lawmakers are saying the compromise framework isn't perfect, but is still a way forward.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
An American multi-national corporation, which accepts millions of dollars in government funds, pays its top executives more than half a million dollars per year in total compensation, while simultaneously paying some of its employees less than the federal minimum wage.