Senate Unlikely To Vote On Minimum Wage Until 2014

With four days to go before the federal government is due to run out of money, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, joined by Senate Democratic leaders, speaks during a news conference on on Capitol in ... With four days to go before the federal government is due to run out of money, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, joined by Senate Democratic leaders, speaks during a news conference on on Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, to blame conservative Republicans for holding up a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running. From left are, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Reid, Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. Senate passage of the spending bill — stripped of the "Obamacare" provision — was expected no later than Saturday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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The Senate is “very unlikely” to vote on a minimum wage increase in the remaining weeks of 2013, a Democratic leadership aide told TPM on Monday, citing the tight calendar and full schedule.

The Democratic leadership’s plan is to vote in the new year, after the holiday recess, on legislation to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10.

In the remaining weeks of 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Monday he’d like to deal with the defense authorization bill, farm bill, Medicare “doc fix,” nominations and a possible budget agreement.

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