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Article: Raise the minimum wage: It's patriotic
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- March 12, 2007
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In 1997, Congress raised the federal minimum wage to $5.15 an
hour. Almost 10 years later, the minimum wage has not changed due to
the Republican control of Congress and their overwhelming interest in
business. Now that the Democrats have taken over, the lower class
workers and teenagers are finally getting noticed.
On Jan. 10, The House of Representatives passed HR 2, or what is
now known as the Fair Minimum Wage act of 2007. The bill passed with
flying colors, receiving 223 positive Democrat votes as well as 82
republican votes. The total vote was 315 "yes" to 116 "no.
The Fair Minimum Wage act of 2007 will increase the minimum wage
from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 over the next two years and ...