"Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employer shall not be required to pay an employee a wage that is greater than the minimum wage provided for by the law of the State in which the employee is employed and not less than the minimum wage in effect in that State on January 1, 2007.''.It doesn't take much, does it? And here's yet another point where Americans should breathe a massive sigh of relief that they had the smarts to elect a Democratic Congress in November. Update: Here's the 28 Senators who voted yesterday to eliminate the Federal Minimum Wage.