Americans keep working, but Congress is on a month-long break until September 5. GovTrack will be pretty quiet till then.
August 4, 2006
Minimum Wage Stalled over Estate Tax
By linking a minimum wage increase with a tax cut for the wealthy in , the Republicans had their cake and ate it too (over minimum wage) by knowing the Democrats would never let the bill come to a vote. Dems put the bill on hold 56 to 42 (3/5 needed) [].