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FILE -- In this April 24, 2014 file photo, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, left, walks into a news conference past supporters and opponents of a proposal to increase the minimum wage in the city, in Seattle. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Cook Sam Woo puts up orders at Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant on the Seattle waterfront Wednesday, May 14, 2014. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/)
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A worker busses a table at Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant in view of a nearby docked state ferry on the Seattle waterfront Wednesday, May 14, 2014. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/)
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Waiter Spencer Meline serves a customer at Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant on the Seattle waterfront Wednesday, May 14, 2014. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. As the mayor's plan is being debated by the council, businesses are sounding the alarm that raising the wage too quickly could hurt their revenue and force them to either hire fewer workers or let go more of their employees, while popular restaurateurs have emphatically argued for counting tips in total compensation. (AP Photo/)
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File -- In this May 1, 2014 file photo, Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant, right, looks on as Stephanie Sucasaca holds up a fist as Sawant had just done while interpreting Sawant's remarks into Spanish at a May Day rally in support of immigrant and workers rights and a boost in the minimum wage, in Seattle. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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FILE - This April 11, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to replace her, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. There’s a new health insurance term in the glossary, and it could mean thousands of dollars out of your pocket. It’s a cost-control strategy called “reference pricing.” It puts a hard dollar limit on what health plans pay for certain expensive procedures _ like knee and hip replacements. The Obama administration has given the go-ahead for insurers and employers to use the approach, setting aside some legal concerns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
