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Victor Fazio: “In the last Congress we did, without one Republican vote, more to help working families through the increase in the…”

On the recordApril 25, 1996
In the last Congress we did, without one Republican vote, more to help working families through the increase in the working families' tax credit, sometimes known as the EITC. We did not have one vote from that side of the aisle to help people with families working, earning less than $27,000 a year. That used to be a bipartisan issue. Where the Republicans decided not only to oppose the minimum wage but an increase in the earned income tax credit comes from surprises me. But perhaps at the moment we have simply to look at their proposal in lieu of a minimum wage increase, which does nothing but redistribute poverty among working families. It does not help anyone's income to go up.
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Victor Fazio
Democratic · California
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Discussing the lack of Republican support for working families' tax credit and minimum wage increases.

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