President Obama recently urged Congress to raise the national minimum wage . Andrea Purse : Failing to raise the minimum wage might be a boondoggle for the current set of Republican lawmakers , in that almost two-thirds of minimum wage earners are women , and women care about this issue deeply . GOP Republicans support this issue , especially if it wants to attract female voters . She says raising minimum wage to $ 10.10 would save $ 46 billion from the federal coffers . Purse : Republicans want to see women as leaders and drivers of economic growth .
President Obama recently urged Congress to raise the national minimum wage . Andrea Purse : GOP Republicans support this issue , especially if it wants to attract female voters . She says raising minimum wage to $ 10.10 would save $ 46 billion from the federal coffers . Purse : Republicans want to see women as leaders and drivers of economic growth .