(CNSNews.com) – Labor Secretary Tom Perez joined lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday to promote a Senate bill introduced last year by Democrats that would increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 an hour by 2020, saying the legislation would "move they ball forward" toward "ensuring shared prosperity."
"We understand that the American people need a raise and they need a raise now," Perez said, "This $12 proposal is damned good, and it will really move the ball forward as we continue this unfinished business of ensuring shared prosperity."
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Donald Trump's rivals are joining forces to deny him the necessary delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination, the latest display of strife in a convulsive 2016 GOP race.
Ted Cruz and John Kasich issued near-simultaneous statements Sunday outlining an extraordinary compact that may be unprecedented in modern American politics. Under the arrangement, the Kasich campaign will give Cruz "a clear path in Indiana." In return, the Cruz campaign will "clear the path" for Kasich in Oregon and New Mexico.
