Session #104 · 1995–97

Speech #1040210676

Because of their distaste for each of these proposals. the Presidents party. ironically enough. they are filibustering an increase in the minimum wage. a proposition made out to be of urgent and vital importance. more important than anything else before this body. Their actions speak louder than their words in this connection. They are not willing to let the majority of this body make a judgment on a gas tax repeal and on the TEAM Act while at the same time increasing the minimum wage if those issues are joined together. though. of course. it was originally their idea to Join the minimum wage to an immigration bill to which it had no relationship whatsoever. Finally. of course. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
T. GORTON
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
1996-05-14
Speech ID
1040210676
Paragraph
#0
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