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...
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Trying to break a House-Senate stalemate over competing minimum wage bills, Rep. Charlie Rangel is planning on moving a bill with $1 billion in business tax breaks, separate from the minimum wage bill, according to CQ Today. That's much smaller than the $8.3 billion...
by Bill Scher | Feb 1, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Late today, the Senate passed its version of a minimum wage increase 94-3. Unlike the House bill, the Senate version includes tax giveaways to business, and it's unclear what happens next. (Who are the three winners of the Deepest Hatred of Workers Award? Bob Geiger...
by Bill Scher | Jan 31, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a conference call with bloggers earlier this afternoon. I asked him where the minimum wage bill will go after this week's expected approval of a version including business tax breaks. Yesterday's NY Times said that the Senate...
