Obama pushes $9 minimum wage bill in visit to red state Texas

[ProSense]

2. No, this is the

"He undercut Sen. Harkin and Rep. Millers proposal by $1.10 per hour

Smooth move "

...this is the proposal the President pushed in his State of the Union. From your link:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Sen. Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Senior Democrat and former chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s call for an increase to the federal minimum wage in his State of the Union address. Harkin and Miller have been working together on legislation to increase the minimum wage and provide for automatic future increases based on changes in the cost of living.

“In his State of the Union address, the President made it clear that raising the minimum wage is a necessary step in the effort to grow our economy and strengthen middle class. We could not agree more. It is more apparent than ever that working families struggling to make ends meet on today’s minimum wage, just $7.25 per hour, need and deserve a raise. By acting now to raise the minimum wage we will lift families out of poverty while simultaneously giving a significant boost to our economy. An increase in the minimum wage is long overdue.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with members of Congress pushing for more.