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History of this nation and we're going to expand our collective action. 20 million people have gotten more money in their pockets, tamron, because of the fight for $15 in the union. california and new york lifted thei wages to $15. 10 million other workers have gotten a dollar or two dollars because of minimum wage increases, either through collective bargains or city or state action or even this past election, four parts of the country voted minimum wage increases. so i think that we're going to see that when people continue to organize and join together, we can make incredible change and we ...

>> it's classic liberal "do as i say, not as i do." and my favorite part is they're using conservative arguments to accomplish it. the union leaders are talking about the freedom for employers and employees to negotiate through collective bargaining. reminds me of when senate democrats and congressional democrats in general tried to get the carveout for them in obamacare themselves. >> i agree with the union's reasoning on this. i just want consistency on it. that was roughly the same kind of reasoning a lot of employers were using. one size does not fit all. i support what the unions are tryi...

Because -- mostly it was because he understood putting money in workers' pockets actually helps the economy, helps them buy a model t, helps them live better, and helps grow the economy. and i think more and more republicans are understanding that as they begin to look at this vote again. and as we continue this debate. it's going to take a lot of public pressure. it's going to take a lot of education. but i'm still hopeful as a result. >> i'm looking at this, joan, and i'm looking at a pattern here. on morning joe this morning, somebody was saying, maybe it was joe, that nobody is going to vo...

Unemployment benefits is an extension of that, if you will. now you see people like marsha blackburn, oh, we would support it if we have an offset, but they don't care about it when it's a republican priority, only when it comes to helping the middle class do they care about paying for things. >> there's no doubt that the 47% comment was devastating for mitt romney. there's no doubt that the president's focus on helping the middle class was key to his victory in 2012. republican dean heller, who's a cosponsor of this bill that's going to be voted on says politics shouldn't play any role in the...

Inflation each year. a lots of the business community supports it. it's interesting, a lot of the business community has moved towards supporting minimum wage increases, at the same time republicans have gotten more polarized on the issue. >> up aical interesting facts to put out there. maybe we can get your take on it. one is minimum wage increase from the economic policy, this is an estimate from them. the minimum wage would raise wages for 28 million workers. 88%. it accounts for his or her family total incomes. they're saying it's not just people affected right now wage by the minimum wage...