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The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [167] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic Senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.
[163] [164] In September 2009, a Bank of America credit card customer, Ann Minch, posted a video on YouTube criticizing the bank for raising her interest rate. After the video went viral, she was contacted by a Bank of America representative who lowered her rate. The story attracted national attention from television and internet commentators.
Scott Taylor, Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district (2017–present) Organizations. With Honor Fund; Individuals. Buzz Aldrin, retired astronaut [11] Hugh Hewitt, conservative radio talk show host, attorney, academic and author
2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts ← 2006 January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19) 2012 → Nominee Scott Brown Martha Coakley Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,168,178 1,060,861 Percentage 51.83% 47.07% County results Municipality results Congressional district results Precinct results Brown: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Coakley: 40–50% 50–60% 60 ...
Virginia has the fourth-largest overseas population of U.S. states due to its federal employees and military personnel. [182] The fertility rate in Virginia as of 2020 was 55.8 per 1,000 females between the ages of 15 and 44, [183] and the median age as of 2021 was the same as the national average of 38.8 years old. [175]
Arizona [b] is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.It shares the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.
The School District of Philadelphia is the local school district, operating public schools, in all of the city. [165] The Philadelphia School District is the eighth-largest school district in the nation [ 166 ] with 142,266 students in 218 traditional public schools and 86 charter schools as of 2014 [update] .
Richmond (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ m ə n d / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 United States census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8]