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On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
$6,344 in a year before taxes. Today, because of the minimum wage law that Congress passed, some of those same people earn at least $5.05.
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Gregorio Sablan
Democratic · Northern Mariana Islands

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Sablan highlights the increase in minimum wage from $3.05 to $5.05 as significant.

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