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Dick Chrysler: “we hear a lot in this debate today about the election year ploy and the campaign ploy of this two-thirds majority. There…”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
we hear a lot in this debate today about the election year ploy and the campaign ploy of this two-thirds majority. There are some short memories in this body, because it was just last year that we voted on this very issue in this same body. If we want to talk about election year ploys, we would want to talk about the minimum wage. Why did the Democrats not vote for it in 1993 when they controlled all three bodies? They controlled all three bodies and they raised their taxes, but why not minimum wage? Not until the AFL-CIO came to town and the union bosses demanded of the President that he bring this up and make it an issue in this election did they even talk about the minimum wage this year. Mr. Speaker, I want to support the two-thirds majority of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Barton] for any further tax increases in this country.
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Dick Chrysler
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing the minimum wage and tax increases during a debate on election year strategies.

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