Author Michael Malice famously said that “conservatism is just progressivism driving the speed limit.” The latest big government stunt from two prominent Republican senators certainly supports this claim.

Sens. Tom Cotton and Mitt Romney announced on Tuesday their intention to introduce legislation hiking the federal minimum wage and enacting mandatory E-Verify requirements in an effort to curb the employment of illegal immigrants.

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