Listen: AFSMCE Hits Blunt For Minimum Wage & Self-Enrichment Votes
Submitted by .Sean on August 23, 2010 - 4:25pm
Via The Hill and Plog, AFSCME has put $1M behind a statewide radio ad criticizing Roy Blunt for his vote against raising the federal minimum wage in 2007. Listen to the ad, as provided this afternoon by the organization:
The Blunt campaign quibbles with the ad because "the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits Members of Congress from voting to increase their own pay." Said amendment just requires that pay raises not take effect until the session reconvenes -- and Blunt doesn't dispute that he voted to advance pay raises that would line his pockets. So not exactly a compelling response.


