[THEHILL] The White House is coming under pressure from liberal Democrats in the House and Senate to press for a minimum wage hike as high as $10.10.
Pikers! Go ahead and make it $20!
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) argues President Obama "missed the mark" in calling to raise the minimum wage to $9 in his State of the Union address, and his staff met with White House staff last week to argue for a higher number.
Wotta cheapskate.
The veteran senator, who will retire at the end of this Congress, is working with Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on legislation that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 over three years and then index future increases to inflation.
That'd be the snake of cause and effect gnawing at its own tail.
"Well, we're going to introduce our own bill on it," Harkin told The Hill on Tuesday. "I'm going to be in discussions with them because I think they missed the mark, but people make mistakes."
"What's a few bucks here and there? It's only money!"
Besides Harkin and Miller -- a confidant of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) -- Democrats backing a higher minimum wage hike include Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.). |