Thursday, 15 May 2014

On The Hill And Off It, Two Different GOP Positions On Minimum Wage



Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET.





Prominent Republicans — including former presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Tim Pawlenty — have endorsed a minimum wage hike in recent weeks. And in Vermont, lawmakers approved the nation's highest statewide minimum wage, in a deal brokered by a Republican state senator. Nevertheless, a nationwide increase faces solid Republican opposition in Congress.



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