Small Signs of a Conservative Thaw on Minimum Wage
Mitt Romney got a lot of attention—and intraparty grief—when he tossed his support behind boosting the federal minimum wage.
His remarks cut against the Republican Party’s current orthodoxy while casting light on a quiet push in some conservative circles either to support a higher wage floor or at least to float alternative ideas.
Congressional Republicans have made no mystery of how they feel about raising the wage to $10.10 an ho