[Just A Nobody]

vowed to block pay raises for members of Congress until the minimum wage is increased.

Sounds like a win win to me. Saves the taxpayers money all the way around.

The federal government has NO BUSINESS dictating what private companies must pay their employees.

We should be the ones deciding what we pay OUR EMPLOYEES in the federal government. Pretty sweet deal they have giving themselves raises, benefits and protection from laws.

[moonman]

I agree. Henry Ford invented the minimum wage, not the federal government.