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Article: SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BAUCUS COMMENTS ON HOUSE VOTE ON TAX LEGISLATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 16, 2007
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The Senate Finance Committee issued the following statement:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus commented today following the House of Representatives' vote to approve minimum wage legislation with a package of tax incentives for small businesses. Baucus worked with Senate colleagues to craft a tax package that lifted minimum wage legislation to Senate passage on February 1. Now the Senate and House bills must be harmonized so that American workers can receive a long-overdue pay increase of $2.10 per hour.
"The House vote puts us one step closer to keeping our promise of a pay raise for America's ...