Minimum Wage Bill Blocked In Major Defeat For Bill Frist

This atrocious Bill should have been blocked.

When the Dems regain the majority, they should cram a $10.00 and hour minimum wage down the Rethugs throats and tax any inheritance over 5 million, unless the inheritance is wrapped up in a family farm or business.

Inhertiances of less than two million, should be given back all taxes levied for the last decade.

The Moderate Voice - Minimum Wage Bill Blocked In Major Defeat For Bill Frist:

Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked legislation tying the first minimum wage increase in almost a decade to a decrease in the federal estate tax, denying Republicans a legislative victory as lawmakers head into a crucial month of campaigning before the November elections.

Republican backers of the measure, dubbed the trifecta for its three chief elements, fell 4 votes short of the 60 needed to cut off debate. Democrats had argued that it was a bad bargain to exchange a $2.10 wage increase for struggling workers for a costly tax cut for the country's wealthiest families.

'This trifecta is a high-stakes gamble with America's future,' said Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat. 'This is the worst special-interest bill I have seen in my time in Congress.'

So it's clear the partisan lines were drawn here partially because past minimum wage increases didn't come with so major conditions super-glued onto them.