WASHINGTON — The House headed late Friday toward a vote to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour by June 1, 2009, phased in over three years. It seemed likely to pass the House but faced an uncertain fate in the Senate.
I’m not a minimum wage employee so I do not know the hardships of being one, however what I do know is, raising the minimum wage is not the answer, it is just a quick solution. Democrats drool at the possibility of being the so-called public champion and will do anything to get this type of recognition, even if that means it won’t work out in the long one. The minimum wage issue is exactly that kind of situation. The Democrats will scream and scream how this will help those working minimum wage jobs, but it won’t. What you’re not told is how many jobs will be lost or cut due to an increase in the minimum wage.
Businesses will cut jobs and make those who stay employed work harder to meet up for the 40% increase in their pay. I would assume 2 out of every 5 employees would be let go, thus creating a enormous amount of unemployment. However, like I noted earlier, Democrats will not make you aware of this, they only care about being the champion for the people.
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Senator John Kerry came to UN Ambassador John Bolton’s confirmation hearing at the last minute only to get smacked around by Bolton. Transcript:
SENATOR JOHN KERRY: This has been going on for five years, Mr. Ambassador.AMBDASSADOR JOHN BOLTON: It’s the nature of multi-lateral negations, Senator.
KERRY: Why not engage in a bilateral one and get the job done? That’s what the Clinton administration did.
BOLTON: Very poorly, since the North Koreans violation the agreed framework almost from the time it was signed.
Suggesting we follow what the Clinton administration did, wow.
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“Thank God for Bill Nelson, because we’d have another crook in the United States Senate if it weren’t for him. He is going to beat the pants off Katherine Harris,” Dean said during his 20-minute address. “She doesn’t understand that it’s…improper to be chairman of a campaign and count the votes at the same time. This is not Russia and she is not Stalin.”
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“Iraq is the frontline in this struggle and history will prove that the sacrifices of Iraqis for freedom will not be in vein, Iraqis are your allies in the war on terror.”
—- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in his address to the United States Congress
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Yes, Bush promised to veto stem cell funding in 2001, however I disagree with him. I remain somewhat ignorant about the process, I am pro-life, however if it’s proven possible that stem cell research can and will save lives then I am all for it. However, at this moment, I don’t know what to think.
Later in the day the House was unable to override Bush’s veto:
WASHINGTON – President Bush rejected legislation Wednesday that could have multiplied the federal money going into embryonic stem cell research, using the first veto of his presidency to underscore his stand on the emotionally charged, life-and-death issue. A few hours later, the House voted 235-193 to overturn Bush’s veto, 51 short of the required two-thirds majority.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. — Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial.The ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called for a “new direction” and displayed a staccato of images, including war scenes, pollution and breached levees as well as a photograph of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay doctored to look like a police mug shot.
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McKinney failing to appear, you don’t say …
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D) failed to appear at two televised debates over the weekend, fueling criticism from two opponents who are challenging the controversial incumbent in a July 18 primary in the Georgia’s 4th District.CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY reports: DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson and architectural firm project manager John Coyne, who are challenging McKinney, debated Saturday on WSB-TV and also participated in a second debate Friday that was sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club and which will air tonight at 7 p.m. Johnson’s campaign said that McKinney’s absence was a “slap in the face” to her constituents.
Judge Terrence W. Boyle was nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Boyle was never given a hearing during the the first Bush presidency, and lied in limbo until President George W. Bush re-nominated him in May of 2001. Judge Boyle was not given a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee until March of 2005. He was voted out of committee in a 10-8 party line vote in June of 2005. However, since then he has been awaiting a floor vote in the Senate. (Bio)
Judge Boyle, a graduate of Brown University, has lead a distinguished career serving as council to the House of Representatives, legislative assistant to the late former Senator Jesse Helms, an associate and partner of LeRow, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal & Riley law firm, and as a judge on the Eastern District of North Carolina for over 20 years. However, the Senate doesn’t seem to think judges like Terrence Boyle are qualified enough to deserve a vote on the Senate floor, a vote he has been waiting over a year for.
Judge Boyle has overwhelming support from prominent lawyers and his colleagues in North Carolina. Everett Thompson, a North Carolina lawyer and Democrat called Boyle “best trial judges”, “bright”, “fair”, and noted he has never been political about anything. Wade Smith, the chairman of the North Carolina Democratic party, says Boyle “makes his decisions on the facts”, not where someone stands on the political spectrum. You can read more praise from Republicans and Democrats alike on his DOJ web page.
Senator Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr wrote a letter to their colleagues, informing them of Judge Boyle’s career and experience, encouraging a vote on the Senate floor as soon as possible.
Expose The Left has obtained a copy of Judge Terrence W. Boyle’s letter to Majority Leader Bill Frist and Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter about his held up nomination to the Fourth Court of Circuit Appeals.
In his letter to both the Senators, Boyle writes about conflict of interest issues he is accused of, which is apparently blocking the Senate floor vote.
WASHINGTON (AP)—A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI’s unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers’ offices would turn Capitol Hill into “a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime.”Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan rejected requests from lawmakers and Rep. William Jefferson to return material seized by the FBI in a May 20-21 search of Jefferson’s office.
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