six Democrats also voted against minimum wage increase

[phantom power]

They had a vote today in the House of Representatives on whether or not to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 by 2015. All the Republicans voted against it. Every single one. But six Democrats also voted against it. Here are their names:

John Barrow (Georgia- 12th District)
Jim Matheson- (Utah- 4th District)
Mike McIntyre (North Carolina- 7th District)
Bill Owens- (New York- 21st District)
Colin Peterson- (Minnesota- 7th District)
Kurt Schrader- (Oregon- 5th District)

All six of them represent conservative districts. None of their votes made any difference to the outcome. But I'd still like to understand their motivation for voting against the hike in the minimum wage. Did they want to pad their moderate voting records? Did they want to avoid needlessly annoying business interests in their districts? Did they hope to win or maintain business support? Are they genuine assholes who truly share Republican values?

One thing that is not possible is that they voted in a way that represented their constituents' values, because there are no congressional districts where most people oppose raising the minimum wage. Seventy-one percent of Southerners support raising the minimum wage, as do 50% of Republicans. You won't find a single congressmen whose opposition to raising the rate has majority support in their district. Not one.

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/3/15/234131/698

[WCGreen]

1. Just more example at how out of the mainstream most national political people are...

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. The Minimum Wage Is Irrelevant To GOPPER Reps - It Stands In The Way Of Market Based Wage.

Their mantra is the global marker should determine wages and benefits.

[BlueCaliDem]

3. They should be primaried and their vote against raising the minimum wage

should be hung around their necks in the upcoming re-election bid. If they won't stand with the people they claim to represent, then their constituents should return the favor and not stand with them. Period.

The DCCC needs to find a candidate who is actually a Democrat and use this vote to take out those corporate asswipes. They shouldn't be rewarded with another term for turning their backs on the most vulnerable in their district.

[theKed]

4. Six people

Whose ability to put (D) after their name should be immediately rescinded.

[klook]

10. Agree 100%

There are districts where only a "moderate" Democrat can get elected, but there is nothing "moderate" or Democratic about opposing the minimum wage increase.

[AlbertCat]

19. In McIntyre's case....

It was either him or a complete loony tune tea bagger!

[klook]

20. Well, that's the rub

When the chips are down, I prefer even a ConservaDem over any Republican, just because of the numbers. That's where state-level gerrymandering is really hurting us.

[Coyotl]

5. Kurt Schrader (Oregon- 5th District) is my Congress Critter.

I'm eligible to run for his seat.

[daleanime]

9. Please consider it...

[neverforget]

14. You have my vote. I hate that turd.

[JEB]

15. Mine too.

Not the first time he has disappointed me. He'll not be getting my vote ever again.

[Quantess]

17. Ooooo Kurt Schrader just might regret having voted no.

That could bite his ass election time.

[PETRUS]

6. My (D) rep didn't vote. Not sure what that's about. (nt)

[StevieM]

24. He probably just couldn't make it to this particular vote. There are a number of possible reasons.

He could have been sick. He could have gotten held up somewhere else. He might have even been in the congressional district for some reason.

[n2doc]

7. My DINO rep Barrow is the worst

He is a republican in everything but affiliation, who runs in a "swing district". He keeps the seat safe for the repubs, who generally run extreme t-baggers, and whop would lose if said t-baggers ever had to deal with a real democrat. Frankly I wish he would lose, since it might mean that we would get better representation, or at least it would remove one of these fake dems from congress.He always can out spend any challenger, and has the last 6 years that I have been here. I don't expect Bernie Sanders down here in Georgia, but you will notice none of our other D's from Georgia voted like this. Barrow also votes agains Obamacare and against anything else Obama supports.

[loudsue]

8. Mike McIntyre from North Carolina.

Asshole. North Carolina is a "right to work" (for less) state.

[SomethingFishy]

11. Voted against raising the minimum wage in 2 years

to the level it should have been at 10 years ago. Swell.

[xtraxritical]

12. Dump the SELF serving DINOs.

[Honeycombe8]

13. They're working on SATURDAY? What caused that unusual event? nt

[Jakes Progress]

16. You are mistaken.

Those are not Democrats. They may be reagan-democrats ( a fetid offshoot, growing like cancer cells, of self-satisfied and selfish voters and elected officials who used to think they are Democrats ). Or they may have just used the D to get elected.

But they are not Democrats.

[AlbertCat]

18. Ahhhh, McIntyre of course...

And shamefull. This district has Camp Lejuene and lots of vacation beaches. Hardly any minimum wage...seasonal jobs here! NOT

[MNBrewer]

21. Peterson *sigh* what a pathetic excuse for a human

He's a low-grade homophobe, too.

[StevieM]

22. I'm assuming that $10.10 reflects what the minimum wage would be today if it had been indexed to

inflation all these years.

[RainDog]

23. k&r n/t