Dire warnings don’t stop minimum wage bill from advancing

Rep. Helen Head, center, chairs the House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
A bill that would raise the minimum wage to $15 over the next five years cleared another legislative hurdle in the House yesterday, but not before Republican representatives had a chance to tell their Democratic colleagues what a mistake they were making.During more than an hour of debate before voting on the bill, S.40, members of the House Committee on General, Housing