by Bill Scher | Apr 24, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is whining that the new minimum wage compromise doesn't have enough tax favors for business. From CQ Today (subscription required): “The Senate package was barely adequate,” [Grassley] said in a statement. “I called it...
by Bill Scher | Apr 24, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Yesterday, I noted that Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is whining that the new minimum wage compromise doesn't have enough tax favors for business. From CQ Today (subscription required): “The Senate package was barely adequate,” [Grassley] said in a statement. “I...
by Bill Scher | Apr 23, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Congressional leaders took a big step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge late Friday, reconciling House-Senate differences in their minimum wage bills. The two chambers split the difference on the size of business tax breaks, ending up at $4.8 billion. The ideal...
by Bill Scher | Mar 1, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Today through Saturday, when Republicans and conservatives gather in Washington for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, will they face up to the biggest obstacle preventing them from connecting with voters? Their "secular problem." Lots of ink has...
by Bill Scher | Feb 23, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
CQPolitics.com today highlights new research from the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, finding that minimum wage initiatives in five states significantly boosted voter turnout: Voter motivation and reported interest in the election was disproportionately high among...
by Bill Scher | Feb 13, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The House Ways & Means Committee yesterday cleared a bill with less than $2 billion in business tax breaks, as part of a plan to resolve differences in the House and Senate minimum wage bills. While I noted earlier that the House is passing the tax bill separately...
