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Minimum wage rise is voted by Senate; 90-cent raise passes key hurdle, may affect nearly 12 million
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The Sun - Baltimore, Md.
Author: Karen Hosler
Date: Jul 10, 1996
Start Page: 1.A
Section: NEWS
Text Word Count: 989
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"What an outstanding moment on the floor of the U.S. Senate, with a resounding victory for the minimum wage and a convincing repudiation of a cynical attempt to kill it," declared Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who has been the driving force behind the wage increase.

Responding to a taunt from the [Clinton] campaign that the former Senate majority leader had been silent on the issue, [Bob Dole]'s spokesman, Nelson Warfield, said in a statement: "Bill Clinton is playing maximum politics with minimum wage. Bill Clinton should know full well that Bob Dole is on record in favor of an increase in the minimum wage.

In the May 24 Senate floor statement cited by the his campaign, Dole said he favored a minimum wage increase coupled with a "training wage" for teen-agers and the small business exemption that the Senate rejected.

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