discharge petition to force the house vote on the $10.10 minimum wage. he pointed out there were no republicans lining up to sign on. when i left the chamber there was a long line of members signing the discharge petition. i regret to observe that in that line were only democrats. congressman jim clibert of south carolina and long-time advocate of raising minimum wage and also joining us is casie hunt. congressman, i m curious is this an issue for the democrats or a victory? if you win you win before november, before the house adjourns. if you don t win you talk about it. what is the goal? win or talk about it in the election? it is always to win. i would much rather see the people on main street of america, those hard working men and women get the raise they deserve. that s why we are doing this. we believe that to raise the
was a long line of members signing the discharge petition. i regret to observe that in that line were only democrats. congressman jim clibert of south carolina and long-time advocate of raising minimum wage and also joining us is casie hunt. congressman, i m curious is this an issue for the democrats or a victory? if you win you win before november, before the house adjourns. if you don t win you talk about it. what is the goal? win or talk about it in the election? it is always to win. i would much rather see the people on main street of america, those hard working men and women get the raise they deserve. that s why we are doing this. we believe that to raise the minimum wage will lift a couple of million people out of poverty. it will affect 60% of the people