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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (758366)	1/30/2007 2:12:53 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Republicans clear way for minimum-wage rise 1 hour, 30 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic campaign promise to boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade moved closer to completion on Tuesday when U.S. Senate Republicans lifted a roadblock against it. Full Senate approval is now possible because Democrats agreed to Republican demands to include tax cuts for small businesses to help cover the cost of raising the minimum wage over two years to $7.25 per hour from $5.15 per hour. On an 87-10 vote, the Democratic-led Senate agreed to end more than a week of debate and hold a vote in coming days on the bill to increase the minimum wage and provide about $8.3 billion in tax breaks. The House of Representatives passed a bill that only raised the minimum wage and the two houses would have to resolve differences before a final bill can be sent to President Bush to sign into law. With the gap between rich and poor growing, Democrats promised a minimum-wage hike as part of their campaign that helped them win control of Congress from Bush's Republicans in