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Tom Harkin: Did I hear the Senator correctly that someone was suggesting the minimum wage is communistic?

On the recordMarch 7, 2005
Did I hear the Senator correctly that someone was suggesting the minimum wage is communistic?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Questioning a colleague's characterization of the minimum wage during a Senate debate.

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