Word: minimum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Minimum Wage...
...after elections, the President's most prominent offer of cooperation came on this issue. Democrats have long made raising the federal minimum wage, which hasn't budged since 1997, a centerpiece of their platform. They want to boost it from $5.15 an hour to $7.25. The party's congressional members have pledged not to raise their own pay until the hike passes...
...national wave didn't catch them," said Yarmuth. "Democrats who might have been inclined to vote for them, figured, 'What's the difference?'" Even supposed conservative Democrats like former sheriff Brad Ellsworth in Indiana's 8th District, who trounced Republican incumbent John Hostettler, ran in support of raising the minimum wage and against some of the Bush tax cuts...
...they beat. But Chuck Todd, editor of The Hotline - the National Journal's daily briefing on politics - pointed out that even conservative Democrats like pro-life and anti-gun control Bob Casey, who defeated Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania, campaigned loudest on traditional Democratic themes like economic insecurity, the minimum wages and the expansion of health care...
...Democrats from across the political spectrum are finding common ground on economic issues, including CEO pay and the minimum wage - populist messages that had been muffled among Democrats during the economic boom times of the Clinton Administration. "They resonated this time a lot louder than they have in a long time," Todd said...