WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 @ 9:00PM

THIS WEEK: UKRAINE ERUPTS, MINIMUM WAGE, 2014 ELECTION SPENDING & RACES TO WATCH

Violent protests between police in Ukraine and anti-government demonstrators escalated on Thursday after a truce between the president and opposition leaders fell apart.

The debate over raising the minimum wage turned into a political firestorm this week after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimates on the cost of raising the federal minimum from $7.25 an hour to $10.10. According to the CBO, a higher minimum wage would boost the incomes of most low-wage workers but could cost nearly half a million jobs.

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