Roger Tauss over at Laying It On The Line has an examination of how Congressional Democrats oppose a push by the AFL-CIO for raising the minimum wage due to comparisons to the 7 salary increases Democrats have voted themselves since the last minimum wage increase.
Univ. of Washington research predicts highest costs yet for Senate campaigns. There research paper (PDF) is entitled,
Assessment of US Senate Campaign Expenditures in 2000, 2002 and 2004, with Predictions for 2006 and points to ever increasing wealth as prerequisite to run for U.S. Senate. Should the power brokers of our government be exclusively reserved for the highest bidders and wealthiest among us?
12/6/2005 - Abstract
The cost of political campaigning always seems to rise. Trends suggest that US Senate campaigns will average around 10 million dollars around the country in the 2006 election season, and that none will spend less than about 3 million dollars. In recent years, challenger candidates have had to spend twice as much as incumbents to win the seat away from the incumbent. In 2006, the major candidates for US Senate will spend in excess of 450 million dollars in campaigning.
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