From CNN.COM:

Minimum wage increase tied to tax cuts

House leadership couples bill to estate tax measure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it’s coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday.

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My God, do these Republicans have no shame?

First they’ve given themselves huge yearly raises ever since they’ve come to power, and now, they refuse to give the working poor their first raise in 10 years UNLESS Millionaires get to take home a few more bucks when Daddy Warbucks kicks the bucket.

It boggles the mind.  How in the world can these bums possibly be re-elected next November?