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President Obama signs an executive order mandating that federal contractors be required to raise the minimum wage they pay their workers to $10.10, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at the end of an appearance at the US Steel's Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
White House

Obama to raise minimum wage for contract workers

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The numbers show federal contractors are paid an average of twice what than private sector workers earn in the same position -- and defense contractors earn three times as much as their private sector counterparts, according to a 2012 report by the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Economy

Defense contractors make three times private sector wages, numbers show

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President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, after signing an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers during a ceremony. Wage increase to $10.10 an hour, goes into effect next year, and applies to new contracts and replacements for expiring contracts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy

Obama signs minimum wage executive order

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, is opposed to letting individual municipalities set their own minimum wages and tax rates, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to do. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Andrew Cuomo: Local minimum wages would disrupt economy

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President Obama signs an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers on Wednesday during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Beltway Confidential

Obama’s pen strikes again

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Va. Senate approves minimum wage increase
Economy

Va. Senate approves minimum wage increase

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shakes hands with Boloco founder John Pepper as Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois looks on during a minimum wage roundtable discussion held at Boloco, a fast food chain of burrito restaurants in Boston, on Feb. 10. Beloco pays a minimum wage of $9.00 per hour, and the current federal minimum is $7.25 per hour. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Elizabeth Warren, Dick Durbin push raising Mass., federal minimum wage

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President Barack Obama speaks about the farm bill, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The president planned to sign the farm bill at Michigan State University, choosing middle America for a rare celebration of Washington political compromise. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Op-Eds

Campaign to raise minimum wage could backfire against Democrats

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A House committee is holding a hearing on a bill to raise New Hampshire's minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

House panel considers minimum wage hike bill

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Advocates for allowing New York City officials to raise the minimum wage locally are heading to the state Capitol Tuesday, a day after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he planned to ask state lawmakers next week for the power to raise the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Advocates for higher NYC minimum wage go to Albany

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