Repbulicans missed the chance to do with the min wage what they did with the drug benefit - take the sotry off the table; all that was necessary was to raise it to $6.00 per hour a 15% increase but still so low that McDonalds and most other minimum wage people would laugh. But being stupid is what Pubbies do best.
They tried, the senate democrats filibustered it.
Then they tried 7.35 an hour (which is what the democrats are going to do), tied to the death tax repeal, and the democrats filibustered that as well.