Sens. Warren and Durbin push upping minimum wage

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BOSTON (AP) — Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Dick Durbin of Illinois have met at a local burrito chain restaurant in Boston to discuss a state and federal minimum wage increase.

Warren was advocating Monday for a Massachusetts bill set to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $11 per hour by January 2016. The bill passed the Senate in November and is now in the House.

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