Economic Report: Dems Say Minimum Wage Workers Get a Raise or Congress Doesn't
Submitted by Doug Cunningham on June 27, 2006 - 3:53pm
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By Doug Cunningham
Senate Democrats are threatening to block the latest $3,300 pay raise for Congress unless Republicans give minimum wage workers a raise. The federal minimum wage has stayed at $5.15 an hour since 1997. Congress has had raises of more than $31,000 in that time. The minimum wage of $10,400 a year is $6,000 below the federal poverty line for a family of three. Campaigns are underway in several states to get minimum wage increases on the November ballot.
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