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Angie Craig: Raising the minimum wage gradually over the next several years would lift nearly a million people out of poverty.

On the recordFebruary 23, 2021
Raising the minimum wage gradually over the next several years would lift nearly a million people out of poverty.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Craig advocates for a gradual increase in the minimum wage to alleviate poverty.

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