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Minimum-Wage Vote Could Be Held in Days

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From Times Wire Reports

Republican leaders may plan a House vote on whether to raise the $5.15 minimum wage before leaving this weekend for a five-week recess.

Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said the plan was for a vote before week’s end. But Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), said that although Republican leaders were working to pass the increase, “no decisions have been made.”

Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-Del.) said, “There’s a general agreement among Republicans [opposing the raise] that ‘Maybe we don’t like it much, but we need to move forward with it just for political reasons.’ ”

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