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Pelosi: We Must Vote on Clean Minimum Wage Bill Without Republican Poison Pills
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today insisting that Republicans bring a clean minimum wage bill to the House floor before the August recess:
"The American people have spoken: it is immoral that nearly 7 million workers making minimum wage have not gotten a raise in nine years.
"Before Congress goes home for August recess, we must have a vote on the House floor to raise the minimum wage to $7.25. But that means a clean bill – a straight up or down vote on increasing the minimum wage, without the usual Republican poison pills of attaching tax cuts for the wealthy or other so-called sweeteners for the Republican special interests.
"Democrats stand ready to pass a minimum wage increase into law. We challenge our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us."
“ Democrats are united in presenting a New Direction for America, one that will make our nation as strong as its people, one that brings opportunity, security, and prosperity to all Americans. ”
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
