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Labor to Senate: ‘Raise minimum wage with no strings attached’
WASHINGTON — The broad labor-led coalition supporting the Democrats’ “100 Hour Agenda” in the 110th Congress hailed the 315-116 House vote Jan. 10 to raise the minimum wage to $7.25, and urged the Senate also to approve the increase without more tax giveaways to big business. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney praised the House vote but warned that President George W. Bush insists new tax cuts for the rich be added. “Business has enjoyed hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts since Bush took office while health care, secure retirement and the minimum wage have all been on government’s back burner,” Sweeney told a Capitol Hill news conference Jan. 10.
WASHINGTON — The broad labor-led coalition supporting the Democrats’ “100 Hour Agenda” in the 110th Congress hailed the 315-116 House vote Jan. 10 to raise the minimum wage to $7.25, and urged the Senate also to approve the increase without more tax giveaways to big business. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney praised the House vote but warned that President George W. Bush insists new tax cuts for the rich be added. “Business has enjoyed hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts since Bush took office while health care, secure retirement and the minimum wage have all been on government’s back burner,” Sweeney told a Capitol Hill news conference Jan. 10.
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