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In reply to the discussion: Candidate Barack Obama pledged to raise the minimum wage to $9.50/hour by 2011. [View all]El_Johns
(1,805 posts)32. Obama has had a D Senate since 2009.
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Candidate Barack Obama pledged to raise the minimum wage to $9.50/hour by 2011. [View all]
El_Johns
Jan 2014
OP
For the umpteenth time...he only had the Super Majority (of 60) for a couple of months...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#1
And he doesn't have it today, chum. He has even less. One can be forgiven for thinking that
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#4
It's not a rant. It's a question. Why didn't the President bring up minimum wage when he first
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#6
Why didn't he BRING IT UP? As he did last night, or in any of the many other speeches he made
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#8
and it would do what exactly? It has been a priority....but what could be done?
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#11
"Today much of the legislation considered by Congress originates in the executive branch
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#12
"Reagan managed to change the face of America with a R MINORITY during his entire term."
OilemFirchen
Jan 2014
#33
I was not wrong. Congress is not just the Senate. Congress had a D majority throughout reagan's
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#35
We KNOW this about the D Senate.. But they cannot MAKE the Congress pass their laws...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2014
#46
It takes more than a couple of months to pass and sign a minimum wage bill?
Freddie Stubbs
Jan 2014
#57
That supermajority lasted two whole months. And the big project then, while Kennedy was alive,
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#13
And he used those D's to get the ACA passed. You don't seem to understand how things
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#18
They could have tied it to extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich in 2010
RandiFan1290
Jan 2014
#15
That's bipartisanship for you. Even had a record number of GOP in his cabinet.
joshcryer
Jan 2014
#16
Raising the minimum wage would be nice, but let's not kid ourselves. It's not much.
reformist2
Jan 2014
#26
If we want to be at least marginally fair, here is a link to the Obamameter at Politifact
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#28
Thanks for spreading RW disinfo! He has brought up minimum wage in the past:
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#29
I'm going to guess because he was preoccupied with the economy teetering on the brink
magical thyme
Jan 2014
#49