Obama Signs Order to Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers

On Hardball with Chris Matthews, Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow Bob Herbert discusses President Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers, and he takes on the continuing conservative attacks on raising the overall federal minimum wage.

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