Saturday, March 16, 2013

.@gop @speakerboehner House Republicans Unanimously Vote Down Minimum Wage Increase #p2 #tcot

http://freakoutnation.com/2013/03/15/both-sides-are-not-the-same-house-republicans-unanimously-vote-down-minimum-wage-increase/

As Republicans feigned to be the party for the middle class during the Conservative Political Action Conference, House Republicans unanimously voted down a measure Friday that would have raised the federal minimum wage, from where it is currently at $7.25 per hour to $10.10 by 2015. And to make matters worse, six democrat joined the 227 Republicans. In contrast, 184 Democrats voted for the measure.

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Talking Points Memo reports:

An increase in the minimum wage to $9 was backed by President Obama during this year's State of the Union, and immediately shot down by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who argued that it would drive up unemployment by making it harder for small businesses to hire.

Democrats believe it's a winning issue for them, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the author of the amendment, offered a glimpse into how they intend to talk about it.

"Even while corporate profits soar and the stock market reaches new highs, the working poor continue to fall further and further behind," Miller said in a prepared statement. "If the Republicans want to take away a priority of service for low income Americans who want to learn new skills for a better job and a better life, the least we can do is make sure these workers get a decent wage."

Both sides are not the same.

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  • Biting Reality

    Of course they did – they are all about the war on the middle class. Grotesque Oligarch for Poverty = GOP

  • Pat n

    Who were the dems. that voted with the repubs. All of them should be made to pay for that. They just keep taking and taking. Lets take away their bennifits.

  • Another good example of how vastly different the two parties really are.


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