Rich Senators Defeat Minimum-Wage Hike

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Rich Senators Defeat Minimum-Wage Hike
Congressional Pay Rises While Minimum Stays Same
Helen Thomas, Hearst White House columnist

POSTED: 6:12 pm EDT October 26, 2005

U.S. senators -- who draw salaries of $162,100 a year and enjoy a raft of perks -- have rejected a minimum wage hike from $5.15 an hour to $6.25 for blue-collar workers.

Can you believe it?

The proposed increase was sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and turned down in the Senate by a vote of 51 against the boost and 49 in favor. Under a Senate agreement, it needed 60 votes to pass.

All the Democrats voted for the wage boost. All the negative votes were cast by Republicans.

Four Republicans voted for it. Three of the four are running for reelection and were probably worried about how voters would react if they knew that their well-heeled senators had turned down a pittance of an increase in the salaries of the lowest paid workers in the country.

The minimum wage was last increased in 1997.

Kennedy called the vote "absolutely unconscionable." (continues...)

Taken from: http://www.wesh.com/helenthomas/5183628/detail.html

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(So you're back, always with those mean news)

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Nah, that's under the cover, never would know it news...Non front page news, most folk want to see the sensationalized shit, like who got shot, and the latest suspects in a robbery...

Always good to see x3n droppin' news...

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This is the kind of shit Mencia's Immigrant English might NOT help you with, sorry folks.