Democrat's to raise Federal minimum wage, trys to catch up to Michigan's

I know this isn't new news, but I found an article that says that one of the first things a Democratic congress would do is raise the minimum wage. That isn't the interesting part, the interesting part is what they would raise it to, $7.25 an hour. I know what you are saying, that's a pretty good, $2.10 more an hour. But the interesting thing is that Michigan has already passed a bill that raises our minimum wage over a two year period to $7.40, fifteen cents more than the proposed fedreal minimum wage. The first leg of the minimum wage has already gone into effect, making the minimum wage $6.95 at the time of this writing. This time, good for Michigan.

Federal:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15390733/
Michigan:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE7DB1530F93AA15750C0A9609C8B63