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Tom Cotton's Big Idea: Raise the minimum wage while keeping American jobs
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Sen. Tom Cotton introduced a bill last month that would do something Republicans have been resisting for years -- raise the minimum wage.
The minimum wage would increase to $8 per hour immediately upon the enactment of the bill and slowly increase to $10 per hour three years after the bill is signed. The minimum wage would be indexed to inflation every other year after that. Increases would also be delayed until after the pandemic is over, and the wage increase would be slower for small businesses.More Related News