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MI SR0112
Resolution
AI Summary
- Memorializes Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour and establish annual increases tied to the Consumer Price Index
- Notes that 13 states increased their minimum wage rates in the year covered, with 21 states now exceeding the federal rate
- Cites that 46.5 million Americans lived in poverty in 2012, and current minimum wage earnings fall below federal poverty guidelines for households of two or more people
- References a 2013 congressional proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 over three years, which would provide approximately 30 million workers up to $5,900 additional annual income for full-time employment
- Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Michigan's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to raise the national minimum wage and set it to annually increase according to the Consumer Price Index.
Minimum wage
Last Action
Discharge Committee Defeated
3/25/2014
Committee Referrals
Reforms, Restructuring And Reinventing1/30/2014
Full Bill Text
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