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Show Vote Defeats Kennedy Minimum Wage Bill President Kennedy's proposal to increase minimum wages from $1.00 to $1.25 an hour was defeated de-feated in the House of Representatives Represen-tatives by a vote of 186 to 185. The President's proposal would also have extended minimum wage protection to an additional 4.3 million workers, primarily in large retail establishments. A GOP sponsored, watered-down watered-down version was substituted, providing for a $1.15 minimum wage for those workers already covered, and extending coverage for only 1.4 million workers in service and retail enterprises operating in two or more states. I New coverage would start at $1 per hour. The substitution was made by a vote of 216 to 203. About 85 per cent of the Republicans Repub-licans voting favored the watered down version; 66 per cent of the Democrats voted against it, and favored the more adequate proposal pro-posal of the President. |