Differences: John McCain receives boisterous, sustained standing ovations from Houston oil executives who then proceed to pump nearly $2 million in cash to his campaign. Working class voters are supporting Senator Barack Obama by a two-to-one margin over John McCain....
At a time of great uncertainty in the economy, millions of Americans of all ages, working and retired, are worried about their economic future -- before and after they retire. That's why voters want to know more about John McCain's...
Obstructionist Republicans wouldn't allow it to come to a vote under the last Congress, but the Democrats made sure they made it a priority when they took office earlier this year.
According to a new report released this week, the world's richest people are getting even richer. Their combined wealth surged last year to $37.2 trillion dollars--at the same time that Republicans were trying to block a minimum wage increase of $2.10 an hour for the lowest-paid workers in the U.S.
With the Senate recently completing their 100th work day, it's worth taking a look at all they have already done to improve the lives of Americans. Unlike the do-nothing Republican Congress they replaced, Democrats have already pursued a positive agenda and gotten things done on ethics reform, minimum wage, energy independence, eduction, health care, homeland security, veterans, and Iraq.
According to a Reuters article today, proposed increases in the minimum wage, such as those passed by Democrats in the House of Representatives, would result in a raise for nearly 2 million African American workers.
Today, despite supporting substantial increases to their own pay, Senate Republicans voted against a pay increase for millions of hard-working Americans by blocking a minimum wage increase strongly supported by House and Senate Democrats. As part of their "100-hours" agenda, Democrats in the House passed a bill that would increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour.
It's not enough that America realizes it's way past time we increase the minimum wage. It's not enough that families across the nation struggle to make ends meet. It's not enough that the House voted for a no-strings-attached minimum wage bill. Senate Republicans still blocked an increase in the minimum wage.
The ability of the Democrats to win over significant numbers of Republicans on most votes signals the slim but enticing possibility of Democratic mastery over a demoralized Republican Party. If the new bipartisanship takes root, the prospects for health care legislation and immigration reform sharply improve.
Today, the Democratic Congress passed a bipartisan measure to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour. With 89 percent of Americans backing this measure to help our country's working families, President Bush and Republicans in Congress now have the opportunity to help millions of hard-working Americans and their families by supporting this legislation.
Tackling a top priority, the House pushed an increase in the federal minimum wage toward passage Wednesday, finally giving hard-working Americans the raise they deserve. "For 10 years the lowest-paid Americans have been frozen out. They have been working at a federal poverty wage, not a federal minimum wage," said Democratic Rep. George Miller (CA), who authored the legislation.
Union Leader: [Democrats are] championing a consensus legislative agenda geared toward helping families that have been left behind by the GOP. They're standing up for America's shrinking middle class. Pelosi has pledged to spend her first 100 hours on key bread-and-butter economic issues long neglected under Republican rule.
This is a leader who understands her mandate.
With more than 6,000 state legislative seats on the ballot next week, Democrats could gain control of a majority of state capitols for the first time in a decade. This would increase the number of women in leadership positions, and influence the outcomes on issues such as the minimum wage and stem cell research.
Today, President Bush will make remarks on the economy while visiting the Urban Trust Bank in Washington, DC. The President continues to deceive Americans when he says that the economy is growing stronger, as he fails to mention that the Bush Economy continues to benefit only the wealthiest Americans. By citing growth in the stock market, he ignores the fact that 10 percent of Americans own 80 percent of all stocks.
The Republican-controlled Congress has repeatedly blocked efforts to raise the minimum wage, which has not been increased since 1997. As it stands now, the value of the minimum wage is at its lowest level since 1955. During the same period, Republicans have increased their own salaries by $30,000.
The following resolution was passed by the Democratic National Committee at its meeting on August 19, 2006. Submitted by: Linda Chavez Thompson, DNC Vice Chair/Texas Alice Germond, DNC Secretary/West Virginia Steven K. Alari, California Ben L. Jeffers, At-Large/Louisiana Renee Gill...
Democrats in the Senate successfully blocked Republican efforts to blackmail them into voting to gut the estate tax by combining the measure with an increase in the minimum wage - an issue Democrats have repeatedly tried to bring up for...
Democrats have been fighting for a minimum wage increase, but Republicans won't allow a straight up-or-down vote on it. Now Frist and his right-wing allies say they will allow a vote on the minimum wage -- but only in the form of a bill that includes a huge giveaway to ultra-wealthy Republican donors.
As Americans mark the 10th Anniversary of the last time Congress raised the federal minimum wage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum must choose between two of his most extreme, out of touch positions.
On Friday, the House passed a disastrous bill, coupling an increase in the minimum wage with a revision in the estate tax that would give a tax break to a few thousand of the richest families in America. The bill...
As Americans mark the 10th Anniversary of the last time Congress raised the federal minimum wage, Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl must choose between two of his most extreme, out of touch positions.
As Americans mark the 10th Anniversary of the last time Congress raised the federal minimum wage, Montana Republican Senator Conrad Burns must choose between two of his most extreme, out of touch positions.
Unfortunately Republicans are up to their same tricks and gimmicks and have used the urgent need for a minimum wage increase as blackmail to try to pass a fiscally irresponsible estate-tax cut bill that would cost tax-payers $735 billion dollars. Republicans should stop playing politics by giving tax cuts to their special interests friends and support a straight up or down vote that doesn't turn the minimum wage bill into a poison pill.
