Bill ties minimum wage to pay adjustments for Members of Congress

[wordsmythe]

S 2725 IS

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2725

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 4, 2006

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


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 `Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2006'.
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)(A) except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than--

`(i) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of enactment of the Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2006;

`(ii) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day, adjusted for that year as provided for in subparagraph (B); and

`(iii) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day, adjusted each year as provided for in subparagraph (B); and

`(B) the wage provided for under clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be automatically increased for the year involved by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress increased for such year as provided for pursuant to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31).'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

[lurker]

Corn-gradulations Wordy!!

What'cha gunna dew with yer new-found wealth?

[Highwayman]

Can we make Congress work for minimum wage while we’re at it? After all it’s called the `Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2006'.

[Outofdodge]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

Can we make Congress work for minimum wage while we’re at it? After all it’s called the `Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2006'.

I'll vote with you on that one

After all, it's not like they really have to pay for anything anyway, that's what lobbyists are for.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by Outofdodge

...After all, it's not like they really have to pay for anything anyway, that's what lobbyists are for.

With all the perks they have at taxpayer expense they don’t really need anything from lobbyists.

[Detector]

Seems to me we need to restock the middle class pool. America rides on the back of the middle class with huge tax breaks for the upper and lower classes. I know quite a few people that had to pay in some pretty scary amounts this year in taxes while the government passed out some scary amounts to the rest.

[lurker]

Government Spending is the root of the problem. Years ago, wasteful spending was compared to Drunken Sailors.... and speaking about drunken spending; who's gunna use that expensive and very swerve'y bike path between two softball areas (St. Mary's to the new water tower)?

[TexKan]

I remember that area........... but I wasn't ridin a bike back there by those trails............LOL LOL............... darn......... lost another hide out!!!!

[lurker]

Originally Posted by TexKan

I remember that area........... but I wasn't ridin a bike back there by those trails............LOL LOL............... darn......... lost another hide out!!!!

OK Texie, what were you riding?

Mayhaps that would be too much information.