Senate Defeats Wage Amendment
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WASHINGTON — An effort to increase the minimum wage in all states, even those that already have wage floors higher than the federal base, failed yesterday after Democrats labeled it a “poison pill.” Democrats said the Republican proposal was designed to kill underlying minimum wage legislation.
An amendment offered by Senator DeMint, a Republican of South Carolina, was an effort to show how raising the federal minimum wage to $7.25 from $5.15 over 26 months would have no effect in eight states because they already have wage floors of $7.25 or higher. Another two states have scheduled minimum wage increases that also would place them above the proposed federal floor.
