Democrats Pass Minimum Wage; First Increase to Take Effect July 24

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For Immediate Release:

2007-07-17T00:00:00

Contact Info:

» Hoyer Statement on the July 24 Increase in the Federal Minimum Wage

»Committee on Education and Labor: Wage Increase Is On the Way for Minimum Wage Workers

»Speaker's Office: Minimum Wage Increase

»Majority Leader Hoyer's Statement on the Senate's Passage of the Minimum Wage Increase

» Hoyer: We Must Get Minimum Wage Increase to the President's Desk Without Delay

»Hoyer: Minimum Wage Increase Is Long Overdue

Minimum Wage Background Information

» Minimum Wage Goes Without Increase For Longest Period in Law's History, November 30, 2006

» Hoyer: Minimum Wage is Best Example of Rubberstamp Congress's Wrong Priorities, September 27, 2006

» Whip Hoyer: Do-Nothing Republicans Intentionally Doomed Minimum Wage Increase.

» Democrats Create Minimum Wage Momentum: View Timeline.

» New Analysis: Minimum Wage At Lowest Level in Half Century.

» Democratic Whip Report: Minimum Wage Background and Basic Facts

Additional Information

» Center for American Progress: State of the Minimum Wage

» Economic Policy Institute: General Information on the Minimum Wage.