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Minimum Wage Boost Races Through House

By on January 11, 2007 in Economy

The Associated Press Reports: The House voted to raise the federal minimum wage Wednesday for the first time in a decade, to $7.25 an hour, as majority Democrats marched briskly through their 100-hour agenda at the dawn of a new Congress. Ebullient Democrats stood and cheered as the final vote – 315-116 – was announced. [...]

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