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Page move double redirects[edit]

User:Markles moved United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce to its new name United States House Committee on Education and Labor, as well as moved several other House committees to their new names. They did not not, however, followed through with cleaning up the double redirects (see, for example, the 'What links here' for United States House Committee on Education and Labor, where there are three dozen double redirects that need to be fixed). Although the move page says: "You are responsible for making sure that links continue to point where they are supposed to go.", it looks like other editors might have to step in to clean up this mess. ^Blank ^Verse 01:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a big project, especially with so many changes coming as a result of the change in party for the 110th Congress. Markles is one of the "leaders" of WikiProject U.S. Congress and I'm sure he and other editors will get to it as soon as possible. I will help out where I can. --Daysleeper47 03:16, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is "the bill"?[edit]

Currently, the section on "Committee Activity" speaks of "the bill" without giving any indication whatsoever as to what "the bill" is. Somebody please add that. 69.110.37.56 18:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone changed the page without moving the reference. I reverted it back to a version which fully explains the paragraph. --Daysleeper47 23:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Renames[edit]

It seems fairly obvious that the renaming in 1995 had everything to do with the Republicans not liking to talk about "Labor", and that the change back in 2007 had to do with the Democrats retaking the House. Some mention of the partisan basis for the name change might perhaps be made? john k (talk) 06:00, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While that appears to be the case, we need a reliable source. Committee renames are often accomplished in the same resolution taht appoints committee members, and usually lakes the legislative history or discussion that would tell us why the change was made. All we have is evidence that the name was changed. If you can find such a source, feel free to add it to the article.DCmacnut <> 16:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest simply noting that the name was changed in 1995 when the Republicans took over Congress, and changed back when the Democrats regained control. That's a matter of public record, and doesn't need any further sources. If we could find specific citation as to why they changed the name, that would be necessary for an explicit statement, but I don't think it would be at all misleading, or that we need further evidence, to imply that this was the case by noting the timing. john k (talk) 00:44, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

EFCAUpdates on External Links[edit]

The EFCAUpdates site on the external links section is a blog run by a law firm that represents management in employment discrimination cases and is fairly biased in their writing about the bill. It's also a little bit random and I think it's more appropriate for the EFCA page, not the Committee page. Rainbowsprinkles (talk) 05:32, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hyperlink Misdirect[edit]

The hyperlink for the "Civil Rights and Human Services" subcommittee appears to link to: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Education_Subcommittee_on_Civil_Rights_and_Human_Services", but instead actually goes to "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_House_of_Representatives_committees" (where the Civil Rights and Human Services subcommittee hyperlink redirects to the exact same page).

I wasn't sure how exactly to correct this, nor how to flag it for review. I figured this would be the best place to call someones attention to it.

BrianXVX (talk) 17:57, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WIA is now WIOA[edit]

Under Jurisdiction, then Labor, 3rd bullet - references Workforce Investment Act (WIA) which was replaced in 2015 with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.68.130.90 (talk) 15:18, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]