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Have an Up or Down Vote on the Minimum Wage

by Conn. Dem. Candidate for Congress Diane Farrell - 08/04/06 12:25 PM ET

The American people see the minimum wage bill for what it is – a blatant political trick to make voters think Republicans like Chris Shays actually care about them and their ability to make a living. If Chris and the rest of the Republican leadership really cared about enacting a fair and equitable minimum wage, they would have had an up or down vote on just that measure – but Congressman Shays refused to allow even that. Instead he joined the rest of his party to pass a minimum wage bill he knew would never pass the Senate and therefore not be enacted.

I support an up or down vote on a minimum wage increase, which is long overdue for hard-working Americans.