Kennedy seeks rise in minimum wage amendment
Senator Edward Kennedy proposes a 2.10 per hour minimum wage increase from 5.15, arguing workers face bankruptcy while meeting bills. Senator Rick Santorum counters with a higher 6.25 per hour plan and business tax breaks, as the Senate prepares to vote on competing amendments to a bankruptcy reform bill.
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Kennedy urges wage hike amid 1997 base rate debate
The piece notes the federal minimum wage last rose to 5.15 in 1997 and Kennedy’s repeated attempts to lift it without progress. It cites Green's uncertainty on Santorum's amendment and calculates a current full-time yearly wage of 10 712 dollars. Kennedy argues the purchasing power has fallen about 3 50 since its 1968 peak.
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Martha Stewart Leaves Prison for Home Confinement
Martha Stewart, 63, left Alderson Prison in the middle of the night in a motorcade and headed to a nearby airport for a private jet to New York. She will spend five months on home confinement at her Katonah estate with 48 weekly hours allowed for work, continue her media ventures, and return as creative head of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
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