GOP-Run Senate Kills Minimum Wage Increase

By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 21, 2006; 6:19 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101069.htmlWASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Senate smothered a proposed election-year increase in the minimum wage Wednesday, rejecting Democratic claims ( Read more... )