Federal lawmakers consider minimum wage hike

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There is a move on Capitol Hill to increase the federal minimum wage to more than $10 an hour.

The national minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. That's 60 cents lower than the Ohio's minimum wage of $7.85.

Some in Congress are proposing $10.10 an hour wage by 2016.

The bill would also boost pay for wait staff and other employees who earn tips and link future pay hikes to cost of living increases.

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