Democratic Leaders: No Pay Raise For Congress Until Minimum Wage Increased
This is what real leadership and American values look like in the U.S. Congress...
The incoming Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate say they will block a pay raise for Congressional lawmakers until Congress passes an increase in the minimum wage.
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader-Elect Harry Reid commented "It is unconscionable that members of congress would get yet another pay raise while the minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour for the last 10 years. Senator Reid intends to do all he can to ensure that Congress won't get a raise until working families do."
Democrats have put the GOP on notice that they will attempt to add the anti-pay raise measure to a bill that provides funding through February 2007 for most government agencies.
It's called sacrifice; something that the GOP knows nothing about. For the past 12 years, the GOP-led Congress have been all about what is in their own interests to ensure their political viability.
The Democrats are demonstrating that, under their leadership, Congress will return to a people-first attitude.
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