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Clinton has said
repeatedly she wants to raise wages for working Americans,
including by raising the minimum hourly wage, but she has rarely
named a specific figure.
"I want to raise the federal minimum wage to $12, and encourage
other communities to go even higher," Clinton told a campaign
event in Coralville, Iowa.
“I think we can manage it, and I don’t think there should be any
unintended consequences to job creation," Clinton said at
another campaign stop at Grinnell College.
Many U.S. cities and municipalities have established a higher
minimum wage than the federal rate. Bernie Sanders, who is
Clinton's chief challenger for the Democratic Party nomination
for the 2016 presidential election, has said the federal minimum
wage should be raised to $15 an hour.
“I’m more comfortable saying let’s get to $12," Clinton said at
Grinnell, "in a reasonable, expeditious way.”
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the undecided voters who determine elections, visit the Reuters
website. (http://www.reuters.com/election2016/the-undecided/).
(Reporting By Amanda Becker in Washington; Editing by Sandra
Maler and Peter Cooney)
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