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U.S. Senate Democrats are pledging to hold more votes before Novembers election on raising the federal minimum wage, conceding they probably wont have enough support to move the measure forward today.

Were going to keep bringing it back, New York Senator Charles Schumer, the chambers third-ranking Democrat, said yesterday.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a procedural vote today on legislation to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25. President Barack Obama called for the increase in his State of the Union address in January. The measure needs 60 votes to advance in the 100-member Senate.

Raising the federal wage is a central element of congressional Democrats election-year focus on income inequality, an issue they say resonates with voters and will help them keep control of the chamber. Republicans must win a net six seats in November to gain a majority in the Senate.

If it fails on Wednesday, its coming back, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, told reporters yesterday. We will bring it back. We will not surrender.

No Republicans have said they support the measure, and a few Democrats have expressed concern that $10.10 an hour might be too high for a wage floor. Among them is Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas, who has said he wont support the bill.

Pryor, who is seeking a third term this year in a state that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won by 24 percentage points in 2012, has stayed in Arkansas to assist with recovery efforts following deadly tornadoes there on April 27. Lucy Speed, a spokeswoman for Pryor, said the senator would remain in Arkansas and not be present for todays vote.

Senators Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Warner of Virginia, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Tom Carper of Delaware are among the other Democrats who have expressed reservations about raising the wage to $10.10 an hour.

Landrieu has since said she will support the measure and Manchin said yesterday he would vote to advance the bill, S. 2223. Landrieu is seeking re-election this year in a competitive race.

Reid, a Nevada Democrat, has ruled out raising the wage to less than $10.10 an hour, even as Senator Susan Collins has been seeking support for an alternative that would include a smaller increase. No Democrats have publicly signed on to the effort by Collins, a Maine Republican.

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In Democrats' quest this fall to keep control of the US Senate, help from young voters may be scarce, a new poll finds. About 3 in 4 young adults have no definite intention of voting and disinterest is highest among Democrats.

Fewer than 1 in 4 young adults plans to definitely vote in the midterm elections this November, according to a new poll from Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics, which portrays a generation revolting against political parties and their politicking by simply withholding their votes.

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Among this group of 18- to 29-year-olds, often called Millennials, the disengagement is pronounced and more so among young Democrats than young Republicans. The poll portends that Democrats may have a tough time drumming up enthusiasm among their young constituents, a key part of the party's base, as they vie to retain control of the US Senate in the forthcoming midterm elections.

This poll, which queried about 3,000 people, turned up findings similar to those of a Pew Research Center poll last month that suggested that Millennials just arent partiers at least, not when it comes to political parties. In that poll, half of the young respondents characterized themselves as political independents, the highest level of political nonaffiliation that Pew had seen in 25 years of asking young people about their party identification.

Harvards poll, which has been conducted regularly since 2000, may point to the outcome of such political independence: If young people dont believe in political parties, theyre not likely to go to the polls for one.

Twenty-three percent of Millennials said they definitely plan to vote in the 2014 midterm elections, a drop of 11 percentage points from five months ago, and a drop of eight points from 2010, the Harvard poll found. That finding is consistent with a US Census Bureau report released earlier this month on voter turnout in presidential elections: Thirty-eight percent of eligible voters ages 18 to 24 cast ballots in 2012, down from about 44 percent in 2008 and about 42 percent in 2004.

Against that disinterest in political participation flaps a bleak backdrop of dissatisfaction with the US government.

Among Millennials, trust in every institution we tested is down, and cynicism of the political process is up,says Trey Grayson, director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday.

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In Democrats' quest this fall to keep control of the US Senate, help from young voters may be scarce, a new poll finds. About 3 in 4 young adults have no definite intention of voting and disinterest is highest among Democrats.

Fewer than 1 in 4 young adults plans to definitely vote in the midterm elections this November, according to a new poll from Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics, which portrays a generation revolting against political parties and their politicking by simply withholding their votes.

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Among this group of 18- to 29-year-olds, often called Millennials, the disengagement is pronounced and more so among young Democrats than young Republicans. The poll portends that Democrats may have a tough time drumming up enthusiasm among their young constituents, a key part of the party's base, as they vie to retain control of the US Senate in the forthcoming midterm elections.

This poll, which queried about 3,000 people, turned up findings similar to those of a Pew Research Center poll last month that suggested that Millennials just arent partiers at least, not when it comes to political parties. In that poll, half of the young respondents characterized themselves as political independents, the highest level of political nonaffiliation that Pew had seen in 25 years of asking young people about their party identification.

Harvards poll, which has been conducted regularly since 2000, may point to the outcome of such political independence: If young people dont believe in political parties, theyre not likely to go to the polls for one.

Twenty-three percent of Millennials said they definitely plan to vote in the 2014 midterm elections, a drop of 11 percentage points from five months ago, and a drop of eight points from 2010, the Harvard poll found. That finding is consistent with a US Census Bureau report released earlier this month on voter turnout in presidential elections: Thirty-eight percent of eligible voters ages 18 to 24 cast ballots in 2012, down from about 44 percent in 2008 and about 42 percent in 2004.

Against that disinterest in political participation flaps a bleak backdrop of dissatisfaction with the US government.

Among Millennials, trust in every institution we tested is down, and cynicism of the political process is up,says Trey Grayson, director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday.

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