House GOP slates minimum wage vote
. . . The wage would increase from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour, phased in over the next two years, the aide said.
The maneuver is aimed at defusing the wage hike as a campaign issue for Democrats while using its popularity to spur enactment of the Republican Party’s long-sought goal of permanently cutting taxes on millionaires’ estates. . . .
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So, the Congress gives itself pay increases regularly, no strings attached. But to get the minimum wage workers any improvement, we have to agree to roll back the federal estate tax!?!?
Lawmakers fear being pounded with 30-second campaign ads over the August recess that would tie Congress’ upcoming $3,300 pay increase with Republicans’ refusal to raise the minimum wage.
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