Dems need to Watch their Step on Minimum Wage Vote

The minimum wage strategy Senate Republicans are pursuing has a hidden ticker for Democrats: It used to be Clinton’s strategy. In 1996, when Clinton pushed through the last hike in the minimum wage, he coupled it with a range of small-business tax breaks. Back then, virtually every Democratic senator voted in favor. That will make it hard for this year’s crop of Democrats to explain why they voted yes with enthusiasm in ’96 but now have reservations about the same concept.

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