Santa Fe, NM - Yesterday, the Senate Democrats failed New Mexico's workers by blocking a bipartisan compromise that would have raised the minimum wage and given employees the right to choose whether they financially contribute to a union. The Senate Public Affairs Committee killed the legislation on a 5-3 party-line vote.

"This is yet another example of Sen. Michael Sanchez's failure to lead," said Rep. Nate Gentry, the House Floor Majority Leader. "New Mexicans want solutions. But the Democrat-controlled Senate only delivers gridlock."

Despite a compromise amendment to the right-to-work legislation that would increase the state's minimum wage to $8 an hour, Sen. Sanchez chose gridlock and dysfunction. The last thing he wants is a right-to-work compromise going to the Senate floor