John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Eighty percent of the Republicans in the House voted against a minimum…”

On the recordOctober 4, 1962

Eighty percent of the Republicans in the House voted against a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Arrival at Greater Cincinnati Airport, Erlanger, Kentucky

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Eighty percent of the Republicans in the House voted against a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour.”