• Senate hopeful John Fetterman called out inaction on raising the minimum wage.
• "Another year, still no change to our shitty $7.25 an hour minimum wage," Fetterman said in a statement.
• The Pennsylvania Dem needled his GOP opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz over the minimum wage ahead of the midterms.

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Senate Democratic hopeful John Fetterman has some choice words for the minimum wage.

"Another year, still no change to our shitty $7.25 an hour minimum wage," Fetterman said in a Monday statement. "And because of inflation, the minimum wage today is worth 27% less than it was worth 13 years ago, and 40% less than 1968."

The Pennsylvania Democrat also needled his GOP opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz over the minimum wage ahead of the November midterms. The Oz campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sunday marked the 13th anniversary of the federal minimum wage being raised to $7.25 an hour — a rate it's stayed at ever since. While many states have taken matters into their own hands and raised minimum pay for their workers, several still rely on the federal minimum.

Pennsylvania, where Fetterman is running for Senate, is one such state where the minimum wage is...

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