#enacted

Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938. ↗

— Bill Pascrell

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When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#clause #enacted #equal #equal protection #galleries

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#amendment rights #any #before #believe #books

I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#been #done #enacted #even #heard

The tax relief package enacted in 2001 was central to pulling the economy out of the post 9-11 recession. It's the reason we've got low unemployment and have created more than two million jobs in the last year. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#created #economy #enacted #got #jobs

Postal service of today is far removed from that of 30 years ago when reform was last enacted. ↗

— John M. McHugh

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Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#actually #against #attack #capacity #difficult