Business groups start legal attack on overtime rule

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A coalition of more than 50 business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce asked a Texas court Tuesday to throw out a new Obama administration rule intended to force employers to pay workers more overtime.

The groups argue that the Labor Department overstepped his authority by rewriting the rule rather than pressing Congress to pass new legislation.

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