*** REMINDER! *** PLEASE *** CALL FOR MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TUESDAY! *** 1-800-459-1887 ***

[Sapphire Blue]

(Yes, I'm SCREAMING at the top of my lungs!!! And I'm begging you to please do this!)


Email from the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org)...

On Tuesday, January 9, tell the House to vote for a clean increase in the minimum wage.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on January 10 on a bill to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour by 2009. Help us generate thousands of calls in support.

This is no time for silence! Call your Representative January 9:

Step 1: Call 1-800-459-1887 , toll-free, to be connected to the U.S. Capitol Switchboard.

Step 2: Ask to be connected to your Representative's office. (If you're not sure of his or her name, click here: http://www.house.gov/writerep)

Step 3: Tell the staffer who answers the phone:

Hi, my name is _______________ and I'm a constituent. Please tell Rep. _______ to vote for H.R. 2, the bill to increase the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years. Please pass a clean bill, with no tax breaks for business and no changes that hurt worker rights. Will Rep. ___ vote in favor of H.R. 2?

The American Friends Service Committee (www.afsc.org/economic-justice/), the Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign (www.letjusticeroll.org), and theCoalition on Human Needs (www.chn.org) urge all in their networks to call Congress and to forward this alert. The toll-free number is provided by AFSC, a Quaker organization which welcomes groups to use the number to support work for fair wages and a moral budget and without linking it to language or websites supporting partisan purposes.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Please forward this e-mail!

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for CHN emails at http://www.chn.org/signUp.jsp.

Please call! The toll-free number is 1-800-459-1887.

Please forward this info to everyone you know!

And please, if you would, K&R this thread to generate more calls.

Thank you,
Sapphire Blue
Resident DU Fanatic Beggar

:grouphug:

[Lars39]

1. K&R !!!

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

2. Thank you so much, Lars39!

:hug:

[Lars39]

3. Glad to help out, Saphire Blue.

:hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

7. I appreciate your help very much, Lars39!

:hug:

[Kikosexy2]

71. $7.25 is still peanuts...

to be making a living off of...but it's a start...the minimum really should be $10.50..but reaching this amount to the minimum is a long time coming...

[liberaldemocrat7]

104. Make the minimum wage $10 an hour.

Then call Wendy's, Outback Steakhouse, Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants, each of them Republican contributors and demand their CEOs get congress and the pResident to enact a $10 an hour minimum wage or you will never patronize their restaurants again.

[Kikosexy2]

106. Here...

at L.A. County Law Library the minimum wage for an aide is $10.25...$7.25 is still criminal....

[annabanana]

4. It's on my To Do list!

ALSO Working Assets Mobile Action sends a reminder to my cell phone!

[Sapphire Blue]

8. Great to hear that, annabanana !

:hug:

[EFerrari]

5. oKAY! K&R

[Sapphire Blue]

9. Thank you ever so much, sfexpat2000!

:hug:

[helderheid]

6. rec 4

Again! :D

[Sapphire Blue]

10. Thank you, again, helderheid! :D

:hug:

[EFerrari]

11. Kick

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. K&R

[Sapphire Blue]

18. Thanks, Lone_Star_Dem!

:hug:

[Drum]

13. Kick & Rec

:kick:

:)

[Sapphire Blue]

20. Thank you, Drum !

:hug:

[Drum]

30. good luck!

:hug:

[mdmc]

14. another decent labor law

:kick:R

[Sapphire Blue]

21. Thanks, mdmc!

:hug:

[nam78_two]

15. K&R.nt

[Sapphire Blue]

22. Thanks, nam78_two!

:hug:

[nam78_two]

29. :)

:hi: Thanks for doing this Dapphire Blue :).

[Reterr]

16. k.r.eom

[Sapphire Blue]

23. Thank you, Reterr... and Welcome to DU!

:hug: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[Reterr]

26. Thanks

Been lurking awhile..Always like your posts :hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

28. Glad you came out of lurk mode to join us!

:hi:

[porphyrian]

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

[Sapphire Blue]

24. Thanks, porphyrian!

:hug:

[porphyrian]

27. Good causes and all...

;)

[hamerfan]

19. Kicked! n/t

:kick:
dumpbush

[Sapphire Blue]

25. Thanks, dumpbush !

:hug:

[EFerrari]

31. Let's kick, folks!

:kick:

[AtomicKitten]

32. I kicked ya.

Right here.

[Sapphire Blue]

33. Thank you, AtomicKitten :D

:hug:

[MrSlayer]

34. K&R!

I'm right with you on this one Sapphire.

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

37. Thank you, MrSlayer!

:hug:

[G_Leo_Criley]

35. k & r

k'd and r'd

:kick:



Thanks for the reminder Sapphire Blue.

glc

[Sapphire Blue]

36. Thank you, G_Leo_Criley!

:hug:

[bobbolink]

38. Please, everyone call before Sapphire Blue loses her voice!

:hi:

:hug: back atcha!

[Sapphire Blue]

41. Thanks, bobbolink :D

:hi: :hug:

:rofl:

[Wilms]

39. I'm on it, Sapphire. n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

42. Thank you, Wilms!

:hug:

[OhioChick]

40. Will Do!

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

43. Thank you, OhioChick!

:hug:

[Booster]

44. Done with pleasure. K&R also.

[Sapphire Blue]

45. Thank you, spenbax!

:hug:

[EFerrari]

46. kick

[Sapphire Blue]

48. Thanks for the kicks, sfexpat2000!

:hug:

[EFerrari]

52. Thank you for your work, Sapphire Blue.

:hug:

We'll get it done.

:kick:

[Batgirl]

47. kick

[Sapphire Blue]

49. Thanks for the kick, Batgirl!

:hi:

[Batgirl]

50. once more before lights out!

:toast:

[Sapphire Blue]

51. Thanks & good night, Batgirl !

:toast:

[EFerrari]

53. Bedtime kick

:kick:

:hug:
:grouphug:

[Sapphire Blue]

54. Good night, sfexpat2000.

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[EFerrari]

56. 'Night. Thanks so much for reminding us of something so important

:hug:

:loveya:

[Nutmegger]

55. I'm giving this a

:kick: and a :thumbsup:!!!

[Sapphire Blue]

57. & I'm giving you a big Thank You, Nutmegger!

:hug:

[Nutmegger]

58. You're very welcome. This is important.

And another :kick: before I turn in!

:hug:

[calimary]

59. Works for me! I'll add it to the regular list.

Plus, it's important that the Democratic Congress be seen/perceived as making more headway on their 100-Hours agenda.

For whatever reason, it's a good idea.

K&R!

:thumbsup:

[Sapphire Blue]

60. Thanks, calimary!

:hug:

[toddaa]

61. Boot in the butt from me

Number's on my cell.

[Sapphire Blue]

64. Thanks, toddaa!

:hug:

[SnowCritter]

62. What does "K&R" mean?

I've seen it many times, but can't find it any list of acronyms.

(I feel sooo ignorant).

[Sapphire Blue]

65. Thanks for the kick : ) ... and Welcome to DU, SnowCritter!

:hi: :hi: :hi: It's good to have you here.

'K' means 'Kick' back to the top

'R' means 'Recommend Topic for Greatest Page' (it's at the bottom left of the OP (Original Post) )

[SnowCritter]

75. Thanks!

I don't feel quite so ignorant.

To address the topic of the thread, here in the Minnesota 6th we are represented by Michele Bachmann, whose stance on the minimum wage borders,no is medieval. She is of the opinion that the minimum wage should be abolished.

[Sapphire Blue]

78. You're welcome :)

Oh, I certainly hope you'll call Rep. Bachmann today! Perhaps you could suggest that her salary & benefits be abolished! :argh:

[bobbolink]

93. Welcome to DU, SnowCritter!

:toast:

Sounds like you have one more dinosaur to be gotten rid of! GAK!

I agree with Sapphire... abolish *HER* wages and benefits!

May she walk in the shoes.....

[nuxvomica]

63. I called even though my representative is a co-sponsor

It's important to show your support and to say that you want it to be a "clean" bill. Thank you very much, Sapphire Blue, for posting this.

[Sapphire Blue]

66. Thank you so much, nuxvomica!

:hug: Indeed, so very important... Thanks for pointing that out!

[nuxvomica]

67. Yes, there might be other folks calling against it

And you gotta make the good politicians know that you give a damn and that they have your support when they do the right thing. :kick:

[bobbolink]

94. Thank you, nuxvomica! Yes, those "Thank you" calls are *very* important!

If you've seen the book by Tony Hall, you know how he makes that point.

You're lucky to have one you *can* thank! :hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

68. KICK... PLEASE CALL YOUR REP NOW @ 1-800-459-1887

:kick:

[UrbScotty]

69. Minimum wage talking points

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x4153

[Sapphire Blue]

72. *** KICK *** Thank you for posting this, ih8thegop!

:hug:

[UrbScotty]

102. You're welcome (nt)

[EFerrari]

70. KICK

[Sapphire Blue]

73. Good Morning, sfexpat2000!

:hi: :hug:

[EFerrari]

77. Good morning, Sapphire Blue!

:hi:

:hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

74. 214 COSPONSORS!

Sponsor: Rep Miller, George

COSPONSORS(214), ALPHABETICAL :

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 1/5/2007
Rep Altmire, Jason - 1/5/2007
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. - 1/5/2007
Rep Baca, Joe - 1/5/2007
Rep Baird, Brian - 1/5/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 1/5/2007
Rep Bean, Melissa L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Becerra, Xavier - 1/5/2007
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 1/5/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Berry, Marion - 1/5/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. - 1/5/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 1/5/2007
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. - 1/5/2007
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Boucher, Rick - 1/5/2007
Rep Brady, Robert A. - 1/5/2007
Rep Braley, Bruce L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Butterfield, G. K. - 1/5/2007
Rep Capps, Lois - 1/5/2007
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. - 1/5/2007
Rep Carnahan, Russ - 1/5/2007
Rep Carney, Christopher P. - 1/5/2007
Rep Castor, Kathy - 1/5/2007
Rep Chandler, Ben - 1/5/2007
Rep Christensen, Donna M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 1/5/2007
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel - 1/5/2007
Rep Clyburn, James E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Cohen, Steve - 1/5/2007
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 1/5/2007
Rep Cooper, Jim - 1/5/2007
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 1/5/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe - 1/5/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 1/5/2007
Rep Cuellar, Henry - 1/5/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Davis, Artur - 1/5/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 1/5/2007
Rep Davis, Lincoln - 1/5/2007
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 1/5/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana - 1/5/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 1/5/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Dingell, John D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Doggett, Lloyd - 1/5/2007
Rep Donnelly, Joe - 1/5/2007
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 1/5/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith - 1/5/2007
Rep Ellsworth, Brad - 1/5/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm - 1/5/2007
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 1/5/2007
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 1/5/2007
Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. - 1/5/2007
Rep Farr, Sam - 1/5/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 1/5/2007
Rep Filner, Bob - 1/5/2007
Rep Frank, Barney - 1/5/2007
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle - 1/5/2007
Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Gordon, Bart - 1/5/2007
Rep Green, Al - 1/5/2007
Rep Green, Gene - 1/5/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 1/5/2007
Rep Hall, John J. - 1/5/2007
Rep Hare, Phil - 1/5/2007
Rep Harman, Jane - 1/5/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Herseth, Stephanie - 1/5/2007
Rep Higgins, Brian - 1/5/2007
Rep Hill, Baron P. - 1/5/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 1/5/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. - 1/5/2007
Rep Hodes, Paul W. - 1/5/2007
Rep Holden, Tim - 1/5/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 1/5/2007
Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 1/5/2007
Rep Inslee, Jay - 1/5/2007
Rep Israel, Steve - 1/5/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 1/5/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 1/5/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 1/5/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. - 1/5/2007
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 1/5/2007
Rep Kagen, Steve, M.D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 1/5/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 1/5/2007
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 1/5/2007
Rep Kind, Ron - 1/5/2007
Rep Klein, Ron - 1/5/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 1/5/2007
Rep Lampson, Nick - 1/5/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. - 1/5/2007
Rep Lantos, Tom - 1/5/2007
Rep Larsen, Rick - 1/5/2007
Rep Larson, John B. - 1/5/2007
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 1/5/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara - 1/5/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Lewis, John - 1/5/2007
Rep Lipinski, Daniel - 1/5/2007
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 1/5/2007
Rep Loebsack, David - 1/5/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 1/5/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. - 1/5/2007
Rep Mahoney, Tim - 1/5/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 1/5/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 1/5/2007
Rep Matsui, Doris O. - 1/5/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 1/5/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty - 1/5/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim - 1/5/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. - 1/5/2007
Rep McHugh, John M. - 1/5/2007
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 1/5/2007
Rep McNerney, Jerry - 1/5/2007
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 1/5/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 1/5/2007
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. - 1/5/2007
Rep Michaud, Michael H. - 1/5/2007
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 1/5/2007
Rep Mitchell, Harry E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis - 1/5/2007
Rep Moore, Gwen - 1/5/2007
Rep Moran, James P. - 1/5/2007
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. - 1/5/2007
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. - 1/5/2007
Rep Murphy, Tim - 1/5/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 1/5/2007
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 1/5/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 1/5/2007
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Obey, David R. - 1/5/2007
Rep Olver, John W. - 1/5/2007
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 1/5/2007
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 1/5/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 1/5/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed - 1/5/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Perlmutter, Ed - 1/5/2007
Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 1/5/2007
Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 1/5/2007
Rep Porter, Jon C. - 1/5/2007
Rep Price, David E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 1/5/2007
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 1/5/2007
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 1/5/2007
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Ross, Mike - 1/5/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. - 1/5/2007
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 1/5/2007
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch - 1/5/2007
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Ryan, Tim - 1/5/2007
Rep Salazar, John T. - 1/5/2007
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - 1/5/2007
Rep Sarbanes, John P. - 1/5/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. - 1/5/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. - 1/5/2007
Rep Scott, David - 1/5/2007
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 1/5/2007
Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Sestak, Joe - 1/5/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher - 1/5/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad - 1/5/2007
Rep Shuler, Heath - 1/5/2007
Rep Sires, Albio - 1/5/2007
Rep Skelton, Ike - 1/5/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 1/5/2007
Rep Smith, Adam - 1/5/2007
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 1/5/2007
Rep Snyder, Vic - 1/5/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 1/5/2007
Rep Space, Zackary T. - 1/5/2007
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 1/5/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 1/5/2007
Rep Stupak, Bart - 1/5/2007
Rep Sutton, Betty - 1/5/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 1/5/2007
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 1/5/2007
Rep Thompson, Mike - 1/5/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. - 1/5/2007
Rep Udall, Mark - 1/5/2007
Rep Udall, Tom - 1/5/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 1/5/2007
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 1/5/2007
Rep Walsh, James T. - 1/5/2007
Rep Walz, Timothy J. - 1/5/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie - 1/5/2007
Rep Waters, Maxine - 1/5/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 1/5/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 1/5/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 1/5/2007
Rep Welch, Peter - 1/5/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert - 1/5/2007
Rep Wilson, Charles A. - 1/5/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 1/5/2007
Rep Wu, David - 1/5/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 1/5/2007
Rep Yarmuth, John A. - 1/5/2007

[Sapphire Blue]

76. If your Rep is a sponsor/cosponsor, please call to say 'Thank You'! *** 1-800-459-1887 ***

[Sapphire Blue]

91. *** KICK *** for Rep Miller & the 214 Cosponsors

:kick:

[bobbolink]

95. Geeeee, Wilson and Tancredo aren't on that list.... ever so surprised...

:sarcasm:

[Sapphire Blue]

79. KICK... PLEASE CALL YOUR REP NOW @ 1-800-459-1887

:kick:

[EFerrari]

80. Kick for calls!

:kick:

[hamerfan]

81. Kickin' for the cause!

:kick:

Thanks for posting this, Sapphire Blue. It really does affect us all, having the lowest brought up a bit. :hug:
dumpbush

[Lone_Star_Dem]

82. Today's the day! Get calling people.

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

83. STILL SCREAMING! PLEASE CALL YOUR REP @ 1-800-459-1887 NOW!!!

:kick:

[Pierogi_Pincher]

84. Thanx for the reminder.

Called our Rep.'s local AND Wash. offices. He's undoubtedly voting FOR. I said no add-ons for big business or any funny stuff that would adversely affect workers.

My pleasure!

:hi:


P_P :dem:

[Sapphire Blue]

85. Thank you, Pierogi_Pincher! FYI - sponsor & cosponsors listed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3070762&mesg_id=3074788 :hi: Please add a 'Thank You' call if your Rep is listed!

:hug:

[DearAbby]

86. Boosting this up for Maximum exposure

[Sapphire Blue]

87. Thanks, DearAbby!

:hi: :hug:

[DearAbby]

92. :>) Kickin up

:hi: :hug: Let's get the job done, those who depend on minimum wage, are depending on this raise. Long, long overdue.

[DearAbby]

88. Kick

[patrice]

89. Done.

[Sapphire Blue]

90. Thanks, patrice!

:hug:

[patrice]

96. I also faxed my senators about Kennedy's bill "To prohibit the use of

funds for an escalation of United States Forces in Iraq above numbers existing as of January 9, 2007."

When do you think it would be helpful to contact the House again about the Increase in Minimum Wage? Please post here, so I won't forget, but we need to know when is best to call/write and to whom, other than our own representatives and senators.

[bobbolink]

97. As I understand it, the vote in the House in tomorrow, so my guess

is, we won't be contacting Representatives on this issue again for a while.

Hopefully, it will pass, and then pass the Senate, and that will be the (HAPPY) end, at least for a while. Although, $7+change an hour definitely isn't enough! :(

[patrice]

103. Health Care needed! n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

98. The House vote is tomorrow, early afternoon. Call all morning!!! 1-800-459-1887

Call every last one of them if you can! http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml

[Sapphire Blue]

99. kick

:kick:

[Zhade]

100. Did people remember to demand it be indexed to inflation?

Did people remember that without doing so, this is a temporary band-aid at best?

[Sapphire Blue]

101. Text of HR 2

From THOMAS...

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)

HR 2 IH1S

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 5, 2007

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BEAN, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. CHANDLER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HARE, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HODES, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KIND, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. CHRISTOPHER MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SHULER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SPACE, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. SUTTON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor


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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.

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105. Thanks for posting that - but am I wrong, or does it not mention indexing to inflation?

Did I miss something, I hope?

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