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What will the Progressives Do? Even their own party agrees how many jobs an increase in the minimum wage will cost.
February 25, 2014, 08:34 pm
Reid stalling action on minimum wage
By Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday delayed action on legislation raising the minimum wage, the centerpiece of the Democrats’ 2014 agenda.
The Nevada Democrat made the surprising move amid escalating Democratic resistance in the wake of a Congressional Budget Office report released last week estimating that hiking the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could cost the equivalent of 500,000 jobs by late 2016.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/199203-reid-delays-minimum-wage-vote#ixzz2ub71eGAq
February 25, 2014, 08:34 pm
Reid stalling action on minimum wage
By Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday delayed action on legislation raising the minimum wage, the centerpiece of the Democrats’ 2014 agenda.
The Nevada Democrat made the surprising move amid escalating Democratic resistance in the wake of a Congressional Budget Office report released last week estimating that hiking the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could cost the equivalent of 500,000 jobs by late 2016.
[...]
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/199203-reid-delays-minimum-wage-vote#ixzz2ub71eGAq