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Richard Nixon: Extension of Federal minimum wage and overtime standards to State and local government employees is an unwarranted…

On the recordSeptember 5, 1973
Extension of Federal minimum wage and overtime standards to State and local government employees is an unwarranted interference with State prerogatives and has been opposed by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Veto of the Minimum Wage Bill.

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