MPBN Quotes Brewer in Report on Support Sought for Minimum Wage Increase
Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report about advocates for raising the federal minimum wage urging lawmakers, including Republican Sen. Susan Collins, to take action when Congress resumes next week. Collins is seen as having a key role in bringing a filibustered bill back on the floor, according to the article. Collins said she will attempt a compromise, but Brewer says that may be difficult during this congressional session. “Given where the leadership has staked itself on this, and the fact that it’s an election year, and that the control of the United States Senate is so hotly contested, I would guess no,” Brewer said of the likelihood of Congress taking action this session.