by Bill Scher | Jan 25, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Yesterday, 43 Senate conservatives did the bidding of the business lobby and filibustered the House minimum wage bill. Why? Because they want to attach irresponsible business tax breaks to the bill. They want to further the phony notion that even the tiniest raise in...
by Bill Scher | Jan 17, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus is still refusing to pass a "clean" minimum wage bill without business tax giveaways. But now he's looking to make a slight improvement to his dirty bill: paying for the revenue loss of wider business loopholes, by closing...
by Bill Scher | Jan 12, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus is firmly establishing himself as the buzzkill of The First 100 Hours. After dirtying up a minimum wage bill with special interest tax breaks, now he's undermining Dem efforts to pass a bill requiring Medicare to negotiate for lower...
by Bill Scher | Jan 12, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Bill Scher blogs for Campaign for America's Future. This blog originally appeared in The Huffington Post. Yesterday was a great day for the American worker and the American economy, as the House passed a long overdue raise in the minimum wage to $7.25 an...
by Bill Scher | Jan 11, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
With the likelihood of competing minimum wage bills from the House and Senate, House Dems appear divided on how to proceed. CongressDaily AM reports: "...House Majority Leader [Steny] Hoyer said he would consider going with the Senate bill to avoid a conference...
by Bill Scher | Jan 10, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Minutes ago, the House approved increasing the hourly minimum wage to $7.25, over two years. The vote was strong, 315 to 116. Democratic support was unanimous. The GOP caucus was split, with 82 supporting and 116 opposing. Over in the Senate, CQ reports that Sen. Max...
