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Florida’s minimum wage sits at $7.93 but Democrats are pushing for just over $10. Some members of the legislature are going to extremes to prove their point.

Call it the legislative version of supermarket sweep. A handful of democratic lawmakers scaled back their paychecks and tried to shop and live on a minimum wage budget.

“In a given week, someone is looking at $317 before taxes. And that’s in a 40 hour work week,” said Sen. Dwight Bullard (D-Miami).

Oscar Rivera makes minimum wage working part time for a Wendy’s in Miami. He’s trying to support his family in South Florida and in Nicaragua.

“The money I make is not enough,” he said as he joined the lawmakers for the shopping session.

Many of the minimum wage shoppers stuck to chicken, eggs, and produce.  They tried to keep their bill around $40.

“I normally get steaks. I couldn’t get that today. I normally get a gallon of milk. I couldn’t fit that in the budget today,” said Rep. Clovis Watson (D-Gainesville).

An estimated 400,000 Floridians would benefit from a pay bump, but convincing the Governor has been a tough sell. He said earlier this year, the thought of an increase made him “cringe.” His re-election campaign chair Sen. John Thrasher (R-St. Augustine) said this won’t be an issue come election time.

“We’re working on other things. We’re working on creating good jobs in the state of Florida, that semes to be working pretty well and if we create good jobs there will be good paying jobs out there,” said Thrasher.

Bill raising minimum wage have so far gone nowhere.