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When the New York State Wage Board announced that the minimum wage in New York City would be raised to $15 an hour by December 31, 2018, Patrick McGeehan argued in The New York Times that it was a direct consequence of the Fight for $15 protests, and that "the labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three ...
The 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the then-governor of Texas, was formally launched on June 14, 1999, as Governor Bush, the eldest son of former President George H. W. Bush, announced his intention to seek the Republican Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 2000 presidential election.
Jeb Bush, governor of Florida (1999–2007), candidate for president in 2016 [137] [138] Arne Carlson, governor of Minnesota (1991–1999) (endorsed Kamala Harris) [139] Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey (2010–2018), U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (2002–2008) [140] [141] (did not vote for Trump in general election)
Schwarzenegger actively supported the reelection campaign of President George W. Bush in the 2004 United States presidential election.Schwarzenegger gave a speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention on August 31 at Madison Square Garden, closing his speech by remarking, "George W. Bush has worked hard to protect and preserve the American dream for all of us.
The current salary for the president of the United States is $400,000, while the vice president earns an annual salary of $230,700. Learn More: I'm a Self-Made Millionaire: 5 Stocks You Shouldn't ...
For months, U.S. political pundits have declared 2016 the presidential election in which candidates will use outside spending groups, known as Super PACs, to reinvent the modern campaign playbook.
In 2005, as governor, Bush signed the "stand-your-ground law" on the use of deadly force. [10] [123] In 1998, while running for governor, Bush supported a Florida law requiring background checks for firearms purchased at gun shows (such checks are not required by federal law). [125]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul halted a plan to charge most motorists $15 to enter the core of Manhattan, upending the nation’s first “congestion pricing” system on Wednesday just weeks before ...