House Passes Long-Overdue Minimum Wage Raise
by Matt Lewis, 1/10/2007
Alright!
By a wide margin (312 to 116), the House just passed a raise in the minimum wage. No Democrats voted against it, and 82 Republicans voted for it, even though it had no other "sweetening" provisions, such as tax breaks for businesses.
The ball is now in the Senate's court.
