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Rep. Shea-Porter and Rep. Hodes also fought to raise the minimum wage for the first time in a decade.
In one of the most brazen displays of political chutzpah since the start of the 110th Congress, a slew of freshmen Democrats this week held news conferences, made speeches and issued press releases to claim credit for a new law the majority of them voted against, research by the Majority Accountability Project (www.majorityap.com) has found.This week’s increase in the federal minimum wage was hailed by New Hampshire Democrat Chairman Raymond Buckley, who attended a news conference hosted by U.S. Representatives Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter at the Merrimack Valley Day Care Service in Concord.
“While Representatives Shea-Porter and Hodes are being a voice for New Hampshire families, it is a shame that (U.S. Senators Judd) Gregg and (John) Sununu voted to eliminate the federal minimum wage entirely,” Buckley said.
Heh. There’s only one slight problem:
Buckley seemed unaware that Hodes and Shea-Porter voted against legislation that allowed the minimum wage hike to become law, while both Sununu and Gregg voted in favor.
Click here to read the rest of the story. Seems that the minimum wage increase was tacked on as part of the war-funding bill– the one with no deadline for troop withdrawal that gained so much attention some time back– and, as we all know, Hodes and Shea-Porter both voted against the measure. Now they tout something they voted against that passed anyway as one of their "accomplishments". Have they no shame?
Ray Buckley says,
The people of New Hampshire should be incredibly proud of Rep. Shea-Porter and Rep. Hodes for all that they are doing…
Or not…