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House votes to increase minimum wage.

By ThinkProgress on Jan 10, 2007 at 5:29 pm

For the first time in nearly a decade, the House of Representatives voted 315-116 today to boost the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.

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