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The Democratic National Committee issued a press release expressing its disappointment at congress's refusal to pass a new minimum wage. "The Republican approach to economic policy assumes that a growing economy will enrich everyone," said the press release. "This is false. The Republican low-tax approach only rewards those who work and invest. Their message to the dependent members of our society is a blunt 'get off your ass and get a job.' We say this is too harsh. We want voters to know that Democrats can be counted on to take care of everyone." Specifically addressing the minimum wage issue...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate has agreed to put an additional $1 billion this year into a program to help poor people with energy costs, but only after overcoming resistance from warm state senators who said those suffering from summer heat weren't getting their fair share.The additional spending would increase to $3.1 billion the amount the federal government will have this year for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, a decades-old program that subsidizes heating and cooling costs for poor families.The legislation, which still must be considered by the House, passed by a voice vote Tuesday, but only after a...