Republicans shoot down minimum wage increase

Minimum wage hasn't budged from $5.15/hr since 1997. You'd think by now at least an adjustment for inflation would be appropriate. Not so, say Republicans. They voted down a minimum wage hike. All votes cast against the bill were from Republican senators. I'm unclear on why it takes 60 votes to pass the legislation. It's not a simple majority vote? But anyway, it only got 52 votes.

In case you missed the first million or so hints, if you are poor, this administration and this Congress are NOT your friends. Actually if you're middle class this administration is not your friend either, but that's not really a minimum wage issue. On the other hand, if you're really, really rich...