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Article: SEN. CLINTON ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO LINK CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISES WITH INCREASE IN FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

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April 20, 2006
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The office of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., issued the following press release:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that she will introduce legislation when Congress returns to link Congressional pay increases to increases in the federal minimum wage. In addition to gradually raising the federal minimum wage, the bill would also require the federal minimum wage to be increased by the same percentage amount as Congressional salaries every year.

"Working parents who are struggling to make ends meet and to build a better life for their children are falling behind. Minimum wage workers haven't had a raise in nearly a decade. We should raise the federal minimum wage again so that ...

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