Reid: Dems to seek GOP aid on wage hike

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Democrats will seek Republican help to raise the minimum wage, cut taxes for working families and make health care and college more affordable, incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Saturday.

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"We need transparency, new restrictions on lobbying and lawmakers, and a commitment to fiscal responsibility," he said.

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Reid's list of priorities for the new Congress included changing the Medicare drug benefit program to allow the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower prices, changing course in
Iraq and expanding stem cell research.

"There are millions of Americans suffering from debilitating diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes that advances in stem cell research could potentially treat," Reid said, "if only we in Washington would allow it to expand."

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