January 2014 • Dr. Joseph Sabia
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama called for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. The following month, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Representative George Miller (D-CA) introduced a bill to raise the wage even higher to $10.10 an hour.
One year later, President Obama as well as Congressmen Harkin and Miller have agreed on the $10.10 figure. […]