Missouri's U. S. Senators, Kit Bond and Jim Talent were among the 46 senators who voted against a graduated increase in the federal minimum wage today.
The amendment, proposed by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, provided for an increase in the minimum wage from its current $5.15 to $5.85 two months after the legislation was enacted, $6.55 one year later, and $7.25 the following year.
The final vote was 52 to 46 in favor of the amendment, but it needed 60 votes to pass.
Maybe if Congress were paid minimum wage, they would get an immediate increase passed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above post!
ReplyDeleteMinimum wage is about what they're worth. They don't do much of anything worthwhile when they're not busy networking with lobbyists and junketing. The current level of corruption in Washington D.C. during the reign of the republicans is unbelieveable.
ReplyDeleteAMEN to the above post!
ReplyDeleteThey shouldn't be getting paid at all, since they do little if anything that the voters would have them do, and do quite a lot that the voters would NOT have them do.
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