Obey Votes Against Raising the Minimum Wage?

Proving Dave Obey once again plays political games with issues he says are important to him, he voted against a Republican bill to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 over the next 2 years.

Yes, after saying Democrats would attach minimum wage to everything that moved through the house, the Republicans attached it to a bill that would extend the work opportunity tax credit, the earned income tax credit, the deductibility of education tuition and mine safety. Additionally, in order to give small business owners certainty in their tax planning which will help offset the adjustment to the new minimum wage, they included, not a full repeal of the estate tax, but an increase in the exemption from estate tax/death tax which will allow many more small business owners and farmers to pass these job producing businesses on to the next generation.

Obey said NO. He would much rather leave the Democrats with a political issue to campaign on for the next 100 days. Once again, it's a sad, sad commentary on Dave Obey's political philosophy - "say you want to help people, don't actually help people, use issues for political gain instead."

[UPDATE: 9:50 PM 7/30 - FIRST, THE TIME FRAME OF THE WAGE INCREASE, UNDER THE BILL THAT PASSED IT WOULD START JANUARY 1, 2007 AND BE COMPLETED IN JUNE 2009. WE DID MAKE A MISTAKE IN SAYING 2 YEARS COMPARING 2007 AND 2009, IT'S ACTUALLY 2 1/2 YEARS. SECOND, TO THE COMMENTER WHO TRIED TO CALL US ON A MISTAKE, YOU WERE ALSO 1/2 YEAR OFF, SO WE'LL CALL IT EVEN. AND PLEASE STOP REFERRING TO THIS AS NICK REID'S SITE. NICK REID DOES NOT DECIDE, SUGGEST OR IN ANY OTHER WAY DETERMINE WHAT WE POST HERE. I KNOW YOU DESPERATELY WANT TO LINK THIS SITE TO HIM, BUT PLEASE STOP BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.]