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This is the reporting of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC from London , England concerning the domestic policy of the United States of America . The article speaks about the U .S . congress backing up the proposal of increasing the minimum wage increase . The U .S . Senate voted today to raise the minimum wage from 5 .15 an hour to 7 .25 . From the British perspective , this article is being objective not taking sides for a pro western agenda (BBC , 2007

The article in which is very short states that the laws makers passed

the laws with several conditions . The senate passed the legislation concerning increases wages with the benefits of having tax cuts for small business owners . While the House of Representatives passed the bill with no just agreement , now , the both houses must meet again to agree in a set bill in for the signature of President George W Bush (BBC , 2007

In the version of the Senate it included a 8 .3 billion in small business tax cuts . The president said that this was significant legislation that will benefit America 's workers and small businesses Approving the new bill . This was something that the democrats had promised from their campaigning last November . The last time their was an increase in wages was in 1997 making it a ten year gap

Reference

British Broadcasting Corporation (2006

U .S . Senate backs minimum wage rise , Accessed on February 2 , 2007

http /news .bbc .co .uk /2 /hi /business /6322789 .stm

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