Assembly Debates Minimum Wage
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver says she's willing to work with Gov. Chris Christie and other lawmakers to get a minimum wage increase signed into law.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver says she's willing to work with Gov. Chris Christie and other lawmakers to get a minimum wage increase signed into law.
The Assembly Labor Committee considers a bill today that would raise the minimum wage in New Jersey from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour.
Popular political wisdom holds that the Legislative Democrats are scheming to put Governor Christie in the political corner by loudly clamoring for Same-sex Marriage and increased Minimum Wage. The governor is considered to be opposed to both. And so if he thwarts passage of either, he can be painted as being so far-Right a conservative that he is