Raising The Minimum Wage Improves Lives

Washington Informer;  December 13, 1995 ;     601 words ......Informer 12-13-1995 Raising The Minimum Wage Improves Lives. Recently, the brunt of conversation on Capitol Hill has been focused on the...discussed increasing the minimum wage. I emphasize a few representatives...increase in the federal minimum wage from the current ...

Small biz lobbyist hopes horror stories derail minimum wage hike efforts

The Journal Record;  March 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ......increase the minimum wage. He says they...another drive on Capitol Hill to again raise the minimum wage. "We are going...to raise the minimum wage another $1 to...host a forum on Capitol Hill today to promote...Litterst knows Capitol Hill. He ...

DEMOCRATS ATTEMPT TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE OVER 3 YEARS.(Brief Article)

WWD;  February 8, 2001 ;     517 words ......increase the federal minimum wage on Wednesday, this...However, that minimum wage proposal was blocked...chances of scoring a minimum wage victory this year...hike in the $5.15 minimum wage would be the third...conference, said a minimum wage increase ...

SEN. KENNEDY ISSUES STATEMENT ON HOUSE MINIMUM WAGE VOTE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......BY SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY ON HOUSE MINIMUM WAGE VOTE I'm honored to be invited to join...House vote will be a major victory for minimum wage workers. We'll be one giant step closer...bipartisanship. Until recently, the minimum wage had never been a partisan issue. The minimum ...

Minimum wage, maximum retreat.(Commentary)(Editorials)

The Washington Times;  April 23, 1996 ;     527 words ......into business-as-usual on Capitol Hill. The Contract having been largely fulfilled on Capitol Hill, however - and President...to another - raising the minimum wage. Come November, voters may...latest controversy over the minimum wage is particularly embarrassing...the ...

Minimum wage gets maximum priority.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......would raise the federal minimum wage. Democrats, who won control...intend to make raising the minimum wage one of their top priorities...Mass., at a rally on Capitol Hill. Anyone that works 40...move to increase the minimum wage within the first 100...Senate, an ...

Republican move may trip up bid to raise minimum wage; Selected dates when...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 23, 1996 ;     700+ words ......amendment intact. "Eliminating the minimum wage is no way to raise it," Clinton said...one knows for sure exactly how many minimum wage workers are employed by small firms...million workers in 1995 who were paid the minimum wage or less by employers of any size. Republicans...going ...

Minimum wage gets maximum priority: Congress expected to follow states'...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......would raise the federal minimum wage. Democrats, who won control...intend to make raising the minimum wage one of their top priorities...Mass.) at a rally on Capitol Hill. Anyone that works 40...move to increase the minimum wage within the first 100...Senate, an ...

STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE RISES TO $6.72 AN HOUR WORKERS ARE PLEASED WITH THE...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Pagliacci Pizza, the Washington state minimum-wage increase that took affect Jan. 1 means...locations in Seattle and on the Eastside, the minimum-wage increase means a state-mandated increase...Scott France, controller. We've seen the minimum-wage increase affect all of our hourly ...

NFIB: Minimum Wage Hike Equals Job Loss and Higher Consumer Prices

U.S. Newswire;  March 26, 1998 ;     403 words ......business owners came to Capitol Hill today to tell politicians who are pushing a minimum wage increase that one more...press conference on Capitol Hill with Senate Majority...related how last year's minimum wage increase affected their...said that the 1996 ...

MINIMUM WAGE RAISE LIKELY POLTICAL STRATEGISTS STUNNED BY CONSENSUS FOR...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 21, 1996 ;     314 words ......concluding that the $4.25-an-hour minimum wage needs to be raised, and...in the White House and on Capitol Hill are stunned by the speed...the next few months the minimum wage will be raised - provided...give a green light to a minimum wage increase, GOP leaders ...

BAYH CO-SPONSORS BILL TO SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES BY RAISING MINIMUM WAGE

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  January 9, 2007 ;     360 words ...Capitol Hill Press Releases 01-09-2007...Working Families by Raising Minimum Wage Contact: Meghan Keck (202...Americans by raising the federal minimum wage for the first time in 10 years. The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, sponsored by...

Minimum Wage Hike: Dicey Proposition.

Kiplinger Business Forecasts;  March 23, 2001 ;     595 words ......hike the federal minimum wage before Memorial...sizzle out of a minimum wage package that came...that a higher minimum wage is a good idea...The sentiment on Capitol Hill in '99 and '00...increasing the minimum wage must start anew...to attach the ...

GOP mutes opposition to minimum wage rise

The Boston Globe;  September 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ......significant increase in the minimum wage, potentially affecting...add $1 to the $5.15 minimum wage overanywhere from two...said he would permit a minimum wage increase "over my dead...rollicking news conference on Capitol Hill yesterday, featuring...interested in ...

Minimum-wage earners may get boost in pay Prospects of increase supported...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ......national $5.15-an- hour minimum wage later this year or next...Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. If Congress does take such...California, whose hourly minimum wage already is 60 cents above...traditional case against minimum wage increases: namely, that...of ...