Senate Democrats Hammer Through Minimum Wage Increase« Thread Started on Feb 1, 2007, 7:30pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senate Democrats Hammer Through Minimum Wage Increase (6 comments ) read at source> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-geige ... 7.htmlJust moments ago, by a resounding vote of 94-3, the United States Senate passed legislation raising the Federal Minimum Wage for the first time in a decade. The legislation increases the minimum wage over two years from the current $5.25 per hour to $7.25, after years of pushing by Kennedy and Senate Democrats and, most recently, eight days of fighting with Republicans, who proposed over 100 business-friendly amendments to stall the vote.