Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) virulently opposes the coupling of the minimum-wage hike and the estate tax cut, which he called “a cynical, cheap political trick” in a speech yesterday. “This attempt at political blackmail is not going to work,” he said. (Washington Post)
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I need to get the idea stamped into the mind of voters that this was not a real attempt to raise the minimum wage since republicans are going to try to use this as cover in the fall.
