Help...Why did the minimum wage bill fail?

[liberalnurse]

I know that the republican push was to add an issue that we Democrats would not accept.... What was the issue they added on to the Bill? I,m at a party and cannot recall the key reason to vote it down.

[Kal Belgarion]

1. They wanted to repeal the Estate Tax (nt)

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. There was another amendment....

...that would have prohibited states from having tipped workers covered by the same minimum wage as regular employees, which is now the case in seven states. This would have led to actual minimum wage cuts for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of workers now, in exchange for future minimum wage increases years for now.

[w13rd0]

3. Not only that...

...but while the estate tax payoff would be immediate (as soon as the bill was signed), the minimum wage hike would be a graduated kick-up that would take a decade to take full effect (by which time, it'd be not enough anyway). In other words, it was a sham of a bill.

[rurallib]

4. And I believe the Dems had an ammendment to another bill

back in May and the Republicants killed it in committee. This was of course before they had the brainstorm to give workers $2 and Paris Hilton $2billion.
Republicants - I love that term.

[Wheezy]

5. Oooh, I wanna be at a party!

Go get 'em.

[liberalnurse]

9. I am at an Ohio State University

graduation dinner....All are Democrats!!!!
We are at a fine downtown Columbus establishment.

[Wheezy]

10. Wow. What's it like to be

surrounded by Dems? I live in Arizona, where Jon Kyl and that McCain chap are gods.

edit: Although, you're in Ohio. Okay, you win!

[skids]

6. Diaried here...

...my diary is half-assed, but the one linked therein is worth reading.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/3/232059/3783

[liberalnurse]

7. Whoa...you folks are

terrific! What a great way to demonstrate the power of DU members!!!!

[Gman]

8. 3 things you should never discuss at a party or in a bar

women, politics and religion.

[Blue Fire]

11. Unless you're holding

the darts and pool cues!