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Following through on his State of the Union pledge, President Barack Obama has signed an Executive Order raising the minimum wage for workers on new federal contracts to $10.10 per hour. The rate increase will apply only to solicitations and contracts issued on or after January 1, 2015.
0. shares. TED CRUZ: So, for example, the last time we had this debate on the minimum wage when President Obama wanted to raise it, the Congressional Budget Office, nonpartisan CBO, said that doing so will cost up to one million jobs, predominantly young teenage African American and Hispanic kids who are working.uesday night saw something rare on PBS, a conservative voice. Senator Ted Cruz appeared on liberal Tavis Smiley's program and hit back at the host's pro-Democrat questions. Smiley demanded, Well, why can't we raise the minimum wage to a living wage? Why won't you fight for that?.