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Congress completed action on, and the White House signed, bipartisan economic stimulus legislation (H.R. 5140) to help hardworking Americans who are struggling with the high costs of gas, health care and groceries, and to jumpstart our slowing economy and create jobs here at home.
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TRAVELERS REMINDED OF NEW DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS BEGINNING JANUARY 31, 2008
Documents proving citizenship and identity will be required when entering the United States through land and sea ports of entry.
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Congress has a critical choice, endorse President Bush's open-ended commitment to a failed strategy, or hold the Bush Administration and the Iraqi Government accountable and set a responsible timeline for the phased redeployment of U.S. troops.
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Minimum wage workers received their first pay raise in a decade on July 24. After the House of Representatives voted on May 24 to approve legislation to increase the national minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour, President Bush signed the measure into law on May 25 as part of an emergency supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 2206). The first phase of the law went into effect on July 24, when the minimum wage increased to $5.85 an hour.
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