{"id":1003417,"date":"2019-01-16T11:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003417"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:55","slug":"dnc-on-democratic-legislation-to-raise-the-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-democratic-legislation-to-raise-the-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Democratic Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">In response to House Democrats introducing legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, DNC spokesperson Daniel Wessel released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cRepublican leadership has done nothing for American workers. Republicans gave massive tax breaks to the rich and big corporations at the expense of working families. Now, Democrats have taken over, and the contrast couldn\u2019t be starker. Instead of prioritizing those at the top, Democrats want to put more money directly into the pockets of American workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to House Democrats introducing legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, DNC spokesperson Daniel Wessel released the following statement: &nbsp; \u201cRepublican leadership has done nothing for American workers. Republicans gave massive tax breaks to the rich and big corporations at the expense of working families. Now, Democrats have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on Democratic Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-democratic-legislation-to-raise-the-minimum-wage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-16T15:58:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-democratic-legislation-to-raise-the-minimum-wage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-democratic-legislation-to-raise-the-minimum-wage\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Democratic Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage - 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