A number of news outlets are carrying an Associate Press article stating that the tax breaks being linked to an increase in the federal minimum wage passed through committee:

Tax breaks for small businesses sailed through a Senate committee Wednesday, paving the way for an expected boost in the federal minimum wage for workers those businesses hire.

I’ll make a prediction now that if these changes to WOTC continue to progress at all, the five year extension being discussed will be lowered to one or two.