GOP confident of minimum wage increase

[Ron Burgundy]

AP - Republican leaders were confident late Friday that they can push through the House the first minimum wage increase in a decade, along with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leaders were confident late Friday that they can push through the House the first minimum wage increase in a decade, along with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates.

But combining the two volatile issues was sure to cause problems in the Senate, where the minimum wage initiative was likely to die. A post-midnight vote was expected.

[thomez]

Republicans pushing through a min wage increase?

are they totally worthless now or what?