House Republicans Unanimously Vote Down Minimum Wage Hike

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Bad news for the middle-class, good news for Democrats.  Maybe we'll nab a few House seats with this.  It doesn't help that six Democrats voted with them, though.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Shot them self in the foot big time today.

[DC Al Fine]

Shoot them self in the foot big time today.

Agreed. I prefer minimum wages on a state level, but this will come back to bite them.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

[greenforest32]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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[Bandit3 the Worker]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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The Democrats need to kick them off the ballot for 2014 and run real Democrats.

[Dereich]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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The Democrats need to kick them off the ballot for 2014 and run real Democrats.

Agreed

[Vosem]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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The Democrats need to kick them off the ballot for 2014 and run real Democrats.

Agreed

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I don't know what those Democrats were thinking.  Do they honestly think voting for it would've been a strike against their reelection chances?

[Sol]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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The Democrats need to kick them off the ballot for 2014 and run real Democrats.

You want new Republicans? Because all of those have a Republican to even PVI.

I don't know what those Democrats were thinking.  Do they honestly think voting for it would've been a strike against their reelection chances?

Clearly. Republicans, even working class ones, have completely bought up the myth of "the job-creating free market".

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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The Democrats need to kick them off the ballot for 2014 and run real Democrats.

You want new Republicans? Because all of those have a Republican to even PVI.

Those seats basically already have Republicans anyway.

[morgieb]

Who were the 6 Democrats who voted it down?

I assume this is the vote (it's 184-233): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll074.xml

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The Democrats need to kick them off the ballot for 2014 and run real Democrats.

You want new Republicans? Because all of those have a Republican to even PVI.

I don't know what those Democrats were thinking.  Do they honestly think voting for it would've been a strike against their reelection chances?

Clearly. Republicans, even working class ones, have completely bought up the myth of "the job-creating free market".

I think Owens and Schrader's district could elect proper Democrats tbh.

You're right about the other four though.

[memphis]

Unless they're in high school, people earning less than $10/hour are not middle class.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I don't know what those Democrats were thinking.  Do they honestly think voting for it would've been a strike against their reelection chances?

In Barrow's case, yes.  His district will remain a GOP target for probably as long as he holds it.  Also, $7.25 to $10.10 is a rather steep increase in the minimum wage.  A more modest increase, in the range of $8 to $9 would gain more votes, tho probably not enough to pass in the current House.

[Sbane]

I don't know what those Democrats were thinking.  Do they honestly think voting for it would've been a strike against their reelection chances?

In Barrow's case, yes.  His district will remain a GOP target for probably as long as he holds it.  Also, $7.25 to $10.10 is a rather steep increase in the minimum wage.  A more modest increase, in the range of $8 to $9 would gain more votes, tho probably not enough to pass in the current House.

That seat will be a GOP target no matter what, of course, but do you really think they would use this vote as an attack? I bet they have plenty of other things to use against him. Like him ever being within 3 feet of Obama.

[memphis]

Meanwhile, in the real world

[Sbane]

Yeah, even in Scott Peter's district, which is a coastal SD neoliberal sort of district, most people would support a minimum wage hike.

[Maxwell]

Meanwhile, in the real world

Arguementum ad populum, thank you, goodbye.

[badgate]

Vox populi vox dei

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Meanwhile, in the real world

A hike to $9 is not the same as a hike to over $10.  Heck, even an increase to $9.90 would have been much more palatable politically.  Looks to me that the sponsor of that amendment deliberately chose a figure over $10 in hopes of getting no Republicans to vote for it, a hope that was realized.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Surprised about six Democrats voting against; presumably their districts would be supportive of this (especially the Dixiecrats representing less wealthy areas).

[memphis]

Meanwhile, in the real world

A hike to $9 is not the same as a hike to over $10.  Heck, even an increase to $9.90 would have been much more palatable politically.  Looks to me that the sponsor of that amendment deliberately chose a figure over $10 in hopes of getting no Republicans to vote for it, a hope that was realized.

You couldn't get one GOP member of the House to vote to raise the minumum wage to $7.26/hour. They're unanimous in wanting to deny the President any victories. As they have been since the day he first took office.

[King]

Wouldn't a minimum wage hike reduce the deficit significantly?  Less people would qualify for food stamps and medicaid and they'd receive smaller tax refunds.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Wouldn't a minimum wage hike reduce the deficit significantly?  Less people would qualify for food stamps and medicaid and they'd receive smaller tax refunds.

That assumes that a wage hike would not impact jobs, which it certainly would, tho the extent and timing of that impact is of considerable debate.  Despite what opebo and possibly memphis think, it certainly is possible to raise the minimum wage too high, of which the most recent prominent example is what happened to the tuna canning industry in American Samoa when the Democrats insisted on implementing the Federal minimum wage there over the objections of the people there.  Tho to be fair, the increase in the minimum wage that was inflicted on American Samoa would be more like raising the current US minimum wage to $20/hr than to $10/hr.

[Joe Republic]

I wonder how many Republicans would vote to just abolish the minimum wage completely, if it ever came up for a vote and their re-election chances weren't in danger.  Probably most.