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President Bush today vetoed legislation raising the minimum wage to $4.55 an hour, setting up a political battle with the Democratic majority in Congress.
"The President signed a minimum wage veto message" aboard Air Force One en route to Lincoln, Neb., from Wyoming, spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said.
Bush's veto had been expected, since the Democratic-controlled House and Senate both approved legislation he had said in advance that he would not sign. Neither house approved the bill by the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto,...