Despite giving themselves $31,600 in pay raises over the past 10 years, the U.S. Senate refuses to pass a minimum wage bill free of amendments. Senate Republicans banded together and filibustered the original bill. Now talk of a bill laden with amendments providing billions in tax breaks for business may be enough to get the minimum wage increase through the Senate. The last time a minimum wage bill was granted--$300 billion in tax breaks were also doled out.

What a shame. America's working families deserve better than this.

Tell your Senator to raise the minimum wage without a tax break!

Watch Ted Kennedy go off on the lack of courage of his colleagues to not raise the minimum wage.