Senate Vote: Fair Minimum Wage Act
Summary: Increases the federal minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour
Result: Cloture Motion Failed
A vote in favor of the motion was counted as a + vote (in line with LCCR's position)
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Bill Name: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
Bill Number: H.R. 2
Issue: Labor/Working Families
Date: 01/24/07
Roll Call No. 23
This bill would increase the federal minimum wage by $2.10 over two years, from the current level of $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour.
LCCR supported an increase in the minimum wage, the first such increase for working Americans since 1997. The increase was a modest one relative to the rate of inflation since the last increase.
LCCR supported this bill because it benefited the many working people who struggled to make ends meet and raise families at the previous minimum wage rate.
Despite the pressing importance of this bill for working people, many senators insisted that the bill contain business tax cuts. The effort to pass a bill without business tax cuts failed to garner the 60 votes needed to cut off debate (cloture).
Ultimately, the bill was enacted into law without the business tax cuts.
Result: The motion to invoke cloture fell short of the necessary 60 votes (54-43).
