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To: bentway who wrote (782645)4/30/2014 1:14:19 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1578984
 
GOP blocks $10.10 minimum wage

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation from Democrats that would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.

The Senate voted 54-42 to end debate on a motion to proceed to the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, short of the 60 votes that were needed.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) voted against the measure in order to have the chance to bring it up again. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), an opponent of increasing the wage to $10.10, missed the vote due to a tornado in his home state.

Read the story here.
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