New York Times:
Next, the Senate will debate what kind of tax breaks to attach to a wage increase. Then, the Senate will have to agree with the House. President Bush has signaled that he would sign a bill providing for a wage increase with related tax breaks.
All 43 “no” votes on the motion to end debate were cast by Republicans. Five Republicans joined 47 Democrats and two independents in voting “yes.” They were Norm Coleman of Minnesota, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, John W. Warner of Virginia and Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine. (Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, and Senators Tom Carper of Delaware and Tim Johnson of South Dakota, both Democrats, did not vote.)
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, expressed disappointment over the Senate vote. “Our colleagues in the House came together—Democrats and Republicans—and they passed a minimum wage bill with no strings attached,” he said.
Low-wage workers “deserved the same respect from the Senate,” Mr. Kennedy said. “We should have passed this bill today and put it before the president for his signature this afternoon. We will not rest until we do right by working families.”
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By Druthers, January 25, 2007 at 3:45 pm #
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Senators, as it was once so eloquently said, “Have you no decency?”
Report thisBy John Hanks, January 25, 2007 at 2:58 pm #
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Republicans make money from scams where money comes from nothing like porn, illegal drug laws, legislative favors, lack of tariffs, etc. When that doesn’t work they make their money directly from screwing their workers. Any minimum wage that is less that the living wage is slavery. Every day I wake up hating Republicans and the rich.
Report thisBy Greg Bacon, January 25, 2007 at 9:09 am #
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How about a “maximum wage” ceiling? That way, people, like the recently retired ExxonMobile CEO who walked away with a 400 million dollar retirement package, won’t be stealing all the money from the company coffers.
And all that extra money for wages and salaries lying about, the employees next wage increase would be substantial.
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