Minimum Wage gets Senate committee hearing
A little birdie tells me that the minimum wage bill, raising it from the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour to $6.15, is on the Senate Commerce Committee calendar for tomorrow (yes, Friday) at 9 a.m. Readers of this blog will remember that the House has passed the stand alone bill, but the Senate passed the wage rise as part of its budget bill. The wage was not in the final draft of the budget, so supporters are working to get the Senate to pass the stand alone bill.
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This is the same game, always played on the citizens;over and over again and again. This government(democrates and republicans/ no difference) NEVER does anything for the people. Wheather it's gas prices (now unregulated) spening social security money, allowing 20 million illeagal immigrants to stay and draining American social/ welfare programs dry; They are okay with this. However when a crumb is thrown to the people in a tiny minimum wage increase it's "we can't agree", WE ARE BEING ROBBED AND LOOSING OUR "FREEDOM" EVERYDAY!
Posted on July 7, 2006 12:32 PM