Minimum Wage Raise - SENATE VOTING MONDAY, JAN 22 - call 1-800-459-1887 & send this message

[Sapphire Blue]

The US Senate will vote tomorrow on S 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 on Monday, January 22.


Please call your Senators (even if, and especially if, s/he is a repub) to urge them to vote 'YES' on this important bill!

*** The toll-free number is 1-800-459-1887 ***


*** Please also send a message to your Senators @ http://go.sojo.net/campaign/make_work_work ***


The text of S 2, from THOMAS...

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)

S 2 PCS


Calendar No. 2

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 4, 2007
Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BIDEN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. WEBB, Mr. KERRY, Mr. REED, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. HARKIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. KOHL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BAYH, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. DODD, and Mr. DORGAN) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time


January 8, 2007
Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE.

(a) In General- Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

`(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than--

`(A) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007;

`(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and

`(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day;'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

(a) In General- Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) shall apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(b) Transition- Notwithstanding subsection (a), the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) shall be--

(1) $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of this Act; and

(2) increased by $0.50 an hour (or such lesser amount as may be necessary to equal the minimum wage under section 6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter until the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal to the minimum wage set forth in such section.
Calendar No. 2


110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2

A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

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January 8, 2007

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Thank you once again,
Sapphire Blue
Resident DU Fanatic Beggar
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[IndyOp]

1. K&R - And pass it clean Senators - Please!

SB -> :yourock:

[Sapphire Blue]

4. Thank you, IndyOp!

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[B Calm]

2. They'll pass it. It's the add ons that they'll attach that should worry

us all.

[Sapphire Blue]

5. Call 1-800-459-1887 for a clean bill w/NO add ons!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

3. A pleasant surprise to see Specter's name on this

He has disappointed greatly in the past 6 years, but this is still nice to see.

Howdy SB! :hug: :loveya: :pals:

[Sapphire Blue]

6. I thought so, too!

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[smokey nj]

7. Kick!!!!

[Sapphire Blue]

10. Thank you, smokey nj!

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[Ian David]

8. K&R!

[Sapphire Blue]

13. Thank you, IanDB1!

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[givemebackmycountry]

9. Just got kicked

To the front page.
If I was the one who did it...I'm a happy boy.

[PDJane]

12. Another kick here..........eom

[Sapphire Blue]

19. Thanks, PDJane!

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[Sapphire Blue]

15. Thank you so very much, givemebackmycountry!

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[Solly Mack]

11. K&R

[Sapphire Blue]

20. Thank you, Solly Mack!

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[Klukie]

14. Kick

[Sapphire Blue]

21. Thanks, Klukie!

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[whistle]

16. Who in the Senate is likely to put add-ons to this bill? If so, what

...would they be?

[Sapphire Blue]

18. repubs; corporate/business friendly stuff. Tell them NO ADD ONS!!!

[Lasher]

50. Senate Republicans will attach a line item veto amendment

This is big trouble. Senate Republicans held up S.1, the ethics reform bill in an attempt to blackmail Democrats into including line item veto power for Junior. Republicans backed off after the Democratic leadership agreed to let the GOP shove the line item veto amendment into the minimum wage increase bill instead of the ethics bill. I believe this will come up on the Senate floor to be voted on as an amendment, but it might show up in language of the basic bill, due to the agreement over S.1.

There is speculation that the provision would be removed when the bill goes into conference to reconcile with the House version but this is too dangerous to risk on that. There's not much point in going to all this trouble to win control of Congress, only to cede power to Junior in this manner.

If I were a Senator and had to vote on a minimum wage increase that included the line item veto, I would vote against it.

You can read more about it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3063592#3063768

Republicans are taking a hard line on this because Junior has told them to. It's his cure for having just lost his lapdog Congress. It is no coencidence that they tried to pull this off with the very first piece of legislation that was brought up in the new Senate. We should take just as hard a line in opposition. I predict that Senator Byrd, for one, will filibuster anything that includes a line item veto.

Just as others in this thread have said, we need a clean bill with no riders. And certainly not a killer amendment like this one.

[Sapphire Blue]

52. The text of S 2 is in the OP. There is no line item veto language in it.

Call your Senators & tell them that you want a clean bill, w/NO amendments.

[Lasher]

54. Thanks, I'm in a hurry and didn't read the whole thing.

Then I guess it will show up in the form of an amendment as I suspected.

[PhilipDC]

77. Not today...

The Senate has NO votes scheduled for today. This bill will take them awhile--several days at least. And there is virtually no chance that it will come out of the Senate with no amendments attached. Not necessarily the line item veto, but there will be probably be a small business tax incentive package attached. The Democrats don't have the 60 votes to invoke cloture and pass the bill without it.

[globalvillage]

55. I did hear that they would attach Gregg's amendment

And it's how the Dems got S1 moving.
The LIV is not a show stopper for me if it means getting the min wage bill passed. IMO, the LIV will make the exec responsible for vetoing specific pieces of legislation and sending them back to Congress. If the president uses the LIV, it'll have his name all over it, rather than ignoring it with a signing statement that slides past the public like it does currently.
I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd rather see the LIV in the bill than allow the min wage increase to be defeated again.

[Faux pas]

17. kickin'

[Sapphire Blue]

23. Thank you, Faux pas!

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[Faux pas]

26. Welcome Sapphire Blue!

:hug: back at ya.

[bonito]

22. K&R

[Sapphire Blue]

24. Thank you, bonito!

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[rosesaylavee]

25. KICK

[Sapphire Blue]

32. Thanks, rosesaylavee!

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[G_Leo_Criley]

27. kick!

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glc

[Sapphire Blue]

33. Thank you, GLC!

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[KarenS]

28. k&r n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

34. Thank you, KarenS!

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[Mnemosyne]

29. K and R for the Fanatical DU beggar! n/t

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[Sapphire Blue]

35. Thank you, vickiss ;)

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[Mnemosyne]

56. Welcome Sapph! Are you going to DC?

:hi::hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

58. I'm not able to go.

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[Mnemosyne]

79. Maybe next time!

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[porphyrian]

30. I'll kick that. - n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

36. Thank you so very much, porphyrian!

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[porphyrian]

48. A pleasure, as always. - n/t

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[Loge23]

31. Work it ! (eom)

[Sapphire Blue]

37. Thanks, Loge23!

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[Arugula Latte]

38. K & R

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[Sapphire Blue]

39. Thank you, Oregonian!

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[intheflow]

40. Done, k&r'd.

Sojo makes me proud to be a member of the clergy.

[Sapphire Blue]

41. Thank you, intheflow!

:hi: :hug: Sojo is great!

[k_jerome]

42. done. nt.

[Sapphire Blue]

43. Thank you, k_jerome!

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[midnight]

44. Thanks for connecting me to an e-mail link. I voted this up

in hopes that more people will see this and sign the e-mail link.

[Sapphire Blue]

45. You're welcome, midnight!

:hug: Thanks for the kick!

[meldroc]

46. Definitely encouraging, but...

Why can't Congress index the minimum wage to inflation? Inflation's going to eat up this wage increase sooner than we think, so Congress is going to be fighting about this issue yet again. Index it to inflation, or to the consumer price index.

[Sapphire Blue]

47. Agreed, but the Senate is voting on S 2 tomorrow. Tell them to vote YES!!!

[Sapphire Blue]

49. ...

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[nam78_two]

51. K&R.nt

[Sapphire Blue]

53. Thank you, nam78_two!

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[OhioChick]

57. Kick

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[Sapphire Blue]

59. Thanks for kicking, OhioChick!

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[Sapphire Blue]

60. Fanatically kicking!

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[Sapphire Blue]

61. ^^^^^

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[OhioChick]

62. Kick

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[_dynamicdems]

63. Kick n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

64. Fanatically & passionately kicking - CALL 1-800-459-1887 and SEND THIS MESSAGE:

http://go.sojo.net/campaign/make_work_work

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[Sapphire Blue]

65. !!!

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[Sapphire Blue]

68. !!!

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[Sapphire Blue]

70. kick ^^^^

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[Sapphire Blue]

69. kick

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[Freddie Stubbs]

66. This version of the bill does not include American Samoa

[Sapphire Blue]

67. S 2 agrees w/HR 2 (passed by the House); text of HR 2:

from THOMAS...

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)

HR 2 EH


110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2

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AN ACT
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE.

(a) In General- Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

`(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than--

`(A) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007;

`(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and

`(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day;'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF MINIMUM WAGE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

(a) In General- Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) shall apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(b) Transition- Notwithstanding subsection (a), the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) shall be--

(1) $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of this Act; and

(2) increased by $0.50 an hour (or such lesser amount as may be necessary to equal the minimum wage under section 6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter until the minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal to the minimum wage set forth in such section.
Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 2007.

Attest:

Clerk.


110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2

AN ACT
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.


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[EFerrari]

71. kick

[Sapphire Blue]

72. Good morning, sfexpat2000!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

73. Good morning, Sapphire Blue! Did you see that Rob put up

the sketch I did over the weekend? No one at the Chronicle will ever speak to me again.

:hi:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_elizabet_070120_hunger_on_48th_avenu.htm

[Sapphire Blue]

74. Outstanding!

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[Imagevision]

75. I believe Bush will Veto it - anything for the people Bush vetoe's

[EFerrari]

76. kick

[rateyes]

78. Kick

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[bliss_eternal]

80. Last minute kick!

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[EFerrari]

81. kick