Minimum Wage to Increase? (Poll)

Minimum Wage to Increase? (Poll)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Barack Obama works on a draft of his State of the Union address in the Oval Office January 27, 2014 at the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama will give his State of the Union address when speaking to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol tomorrow night. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In tonight's State of the Union Address, President Obama is going to announce that he will use an executive order, therefore bypassing Congress, to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers to $10.10 per hour. The President will also call on Congress to pass the Harkin-Miller Bill that would increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 from it's current $7.25 per hour. The last time the minimum wage was increased was July 24, 2009.

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