Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Richard H. Poff" in English language version.
He likely would have been defeated if he had not signed that document, but I expect he has regretted that signature through the years.
...Representative Richard Poff, a moderate conservative from Virginia...
Poff ... didn't really want to put himself or his family through the controversy of being nominated and then beat up through the senate confirmation process.
...[When] the President called for an increase in the minimum wage ... all members of the GOP leadership save Poff of Virginia came on board.
