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Tom Harkin: “That is why my legislation would first increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, over 3 years, and then index it…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
That is why my legislation would first increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, over 3 years, and then index it after that.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Details his plan to raise and index the minimum wage.

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