Why the Left Crys even When We Win (Re: Gingrich falls

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Nov 8 08:28:37 PST 1998


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Conversely, under Newt it was the filibuster in the Senate that pushed
>forward the minimum wage. Dems like Kennedy and Wellstone in 1996 began
>attaching the minimum wage to every bill and filibustering the whole
>operation until the Senate agreed to vote on the minimum wage.

Curiously, those wonderful Dems did nothing to raise the minimum wage when they controlled Congress in 1993 and 1994.

Doug



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