Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, sponsor of the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, listens to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, after the bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 was stopped on a procedural vote. Senate Republicans blocked the election-year Democratic bill, handing a defeat to President Barack Obama on a vote that is sure to reverberate in this year's congressional contests. (AP Photo)
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