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Из Ирака, правда, войска не вывели, но зато! но зато! минимальную зарплату повысили!!!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The measure would increase the minimum wage over two years to $7.25 per hour from $5.15, and -- to avoid a threatened Bush veto -- provide $4.84 billion in small business tax breaks over 10 years to help pay for it. After months of wrangling, the legislation was tucked into a hotly contested bill backed by the president to fund the Iraq war. The House of Representatives approved it, 348-73, and the Senate then gave its needed concurrence with 80-14. Passed just hours before Congress headed off for a Memorial Day recess, the sweeping spending bill would provide about $100 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Update: я, известный политолог, в точности предсказал это развитие событий 11 января 2007 года в 18 часов 30 минут!
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