House OK's minimum wage increase to $7.25
House OK's minimum wage increase to $7.25
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/wa...crease_to_725/By Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press | January 11, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The Democrat-controlled House voted yesterday to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, bringing America's lowest-paid workers a crucial step closer to their first raise in a decade.
The vote was 315 to 116, with more than 80 Republicans joining Democrats to pass it.
"You should not be relegated to poverty if you work hard and play by the rules," said House majority leader Steny Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland.
I knew this would pass easily.
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