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On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Moving from $23,600 to about $47,000, according to some studies, would cost about a half-a-million jobs in the economy.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott warns that increasing overtime salary thresholds could lead to significant job losses.

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