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After two years under the Biden administration and President Biden touting his own economic achievements, most Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck.
In a tweet on Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested Republicans were to blame for Congress not raising the minimum wage last year despite Democrats winning the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
“60% of workers say they live paycheck to paycheck,” the Republican Party tweeted.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the collapse of FTX in Washington, DC, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (Al Draco/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AOC replied, “And yet you still voted against raising the minimum wage.”
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While his tweet was likely meant to be a swipe at Republicans, Twitter Fact-Check jumped into the conversation to add context to his claim showing both sides are to blame.
“The minimum wage has not changed since 2009,” writes the fact-check, showing that both sides had enough time to defend and pass such a measure.
Neither.
As recently as 2021, Congress considered a bill that would raise the minimum wage again.
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Democrats introduced the bill, but unlike AOC’s tweet, the bill had bipartisan support. He also encountered opposition from Republicans and Democrats.
“In 2021, Congress passed a bill to increase the minimum wage. [It] passed 231-199 in the House,” reads the fact-check notice. The bill was opposed by 192 Republicans, 8 Democrats and one independent. “Three Rs sustained,” he added.
On election morning, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns for re-election, Nov. 8, 2022, in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens, New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
The bill failed to clear the Senate, however, as seven Democrats opposed it.
“Stuck 58-42 in the Senate. 7 Ds and a [Independent] joins all R’s in blocking the bill,” the fact check noted.
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According to the Department of Labor, the federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour, having been increased on July 24, 2009.
Previously, the minimum wage had been increased to $5.85 per hour on July 24, 2007, and then again to $6.55 per hour, which took effect on July 24, 2008.
A blue check check on the page of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images )
While the federal minimum wage is the minimum an employer can pay an employee, more than half of the states have set the bar higher than the federal standard.
In Ohio, the minimum wage is $9.30 an hour.
In Florida, it’s $10 an hour.
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In Virginia, the minimum wage is $11 an hour.
In Hawaii, it’s $12 an hour; in Oregon, it’s $13.50; in California, it’s $14 an hour.
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