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Republicans delay minimum wage hike
February 9, 2007The Senate voted 94-3 last week to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 over two years from the current $5.15 per hour, but in a maneuver by Republicans it tied the hike to corporate tax...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
February 9, 2007RICHMOND, Va.: Immigrant workers protest state crackdown Carrying signs reading “No human being is illegal,” undocumented workers and immigrant rights activists marched on the state General Assembly, Feb. 3, to halt a spate of legislation targeting...
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Bush budget: billions for greedy, bones for needy
February 9, 2007WASHINGTON — President Bush sent a $2.9 trillion “guns not butter” 2008 budget to Congress Feb. 5, loaded with goodies for the rich, for corporations and the war-makers, but bare bones for working people, senior citizens,...
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State of Black California points to inequalities
February 9, 2007A report released last week by the California Legislative Black Caucus titled “The State of Black California” reveals the glaring inequalities faced by the state’s African Americans and Latinos in overall economic well-being, housing, health, education...
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GOP squelches Iraq debate War opponents declare, We will not be silenced
February 9, 2007WASHINGTON — The antiwar movement voiced outrage that the Republican minority in the Senate voted Feb. 5 to block debate on a bipartisan resolution condemning President Bush’s plan to send an additional 48,000 troops into the...
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