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Barack Obama: Three-quarters of the country agrees we should raise the minimum wage.

On the recordApril 8, 2014
Three-quarters of the country agrees we should raise the minimum wage.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Dinner in Houston

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