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In a political world mired in fights over federal spending and squabbles over Syrian refugees, a North Carolina congressman found a way to make nearly 1,300 households happy:
By ensuring that the U.S. Postal Service affirms one small town’s identity.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 — President Barack Obama vowed to press forward despite a deeply divided Congress, calling for equal pay for women and a higher minimum wage during Tuesday night’s annual State of the Union address.
Although President Obama’s second term agenda has been marred with low approval ratings and a health care law that has sputtered to get off the ground, his talk of equal pay for women and a higher minimum wage drew thundering applause and standing ovations, albeit mostly among bipartisan lines.