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Manchin: Every Senator Thinks Minimum Wage Should Be Increased

“There’s not one senator out of 100 that does not want to raise the minimum wage.”

Joseph Curl
Manchin: Every Senator Thinks Minimum Wage Should Be Increased
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When a vote came up in the Senate over the weekend on a proposed hike of the minimum wage to $15, eight Democrats voted no.

They were Sens. Krysten Sinema of Arizona, Jon Tester of Montana, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Angus King of Maine, Chris Coons and Tom Carper of Delaware — and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

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