By Seung Min Kim
Politico, February 25, 2014
House Democrats will formally launch a discharge petition Wednesday on raising the federal minimum wage ... House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will lead an event Wednesday afternoon flanked by her top deputies, rank-and-file Democrats, and business owners and advocates to make the case for legislation that would phase in a federal minimum wage increase to $10.10 per hour within two years. A discharge petition is a procedural maneuver that allows the minority party to force a vote on the House floor.
The event will “call on Congress to #RaiseTheWage to $10.10 for millions of Americans who day by day face difficulties making ends meet,” according to an advisory set to be released later Tuesday. ...