August 2006
Senate Rejects Minimum Wage 'Poison Pill'
The U.S. Senate on Aug. 3 turned back a "poison pill" effort by Republicans to attach�a permanent repeal of the estate tax to a bill increasing the federal minimum wage. GOP leaders in the Senate were unable to secure the votes needed to move to consideration of the bill.
The vote represents an important victory for the AFT and the labor movement, who have been in the forefront of ...
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