USA Today: Obama to GOP: Don't give low-wage workers 'the shaft'
By Aamer Mahdani
USA Today, April 2, 2014
With Congress expected to soon begin debating whether to lift the minimum wage, President Obama on Wednesday said lawmakers must choose between giving Americans "the shaft" or "a raise." ...
Obama traveled to the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan for his latest push on the issue.
In the coming days, the Senate is likely to debate a plan by Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin that would gradually lift today's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2016. Democrats will need 60 Senate votes...