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Detail for 2006 House Roll Call Vote 308

Vote Date
22-Jun-2006
Yeas : Nays
226 : 194

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AFL-CIO

Minimum Wage/ Estate Tax.

The House considered the estate tax bill (H.R. 5638) under a rule that did not allow consideration of an amendment to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25. It is unconscionable to pass yet another tax break worth billions of dollars for the wealthiest 0.3 percent of American families while refusing to consider a pay increase for the lowest-paid workers. The procedural maneuver to avoid a vote on the minimum wage was approved.
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