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Patty Murray: “The Federal minimum wage has been frozen since 2009, at the rate of $7.25 cents per hour.”

On the recordJune 14, 2022
The Federal minimum wage has been frozen since 2009, at the rate of $7.25 cents per hour.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights the stagnation of the federal minimum wage since 2009.

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