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Senate Democratic leader expects fights and some common ground with new GOP House (Abq Jour)

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Senate Democratic leader expects fights and some common ground with new GOP House

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PUBLISHED: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 1:01 pm

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Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez told Albuquerque business leaders today he plans to stick to his guns in support of raising the minimum wage and opposing right-to-work legislation when Republicans take control of the state House in January..

“There are some things that we’re just not going to agree on. Philosophically, we will not agree,” Sanchez, D-Belen, told members of the Albuquerque Economic Forum at a breakfast event on Wednesday.

But Sanchez said he also would try to build positive relationships with House Republicans while looking for areas where the two chambers can find common ground.

Read more here: http://www.abqjournal.com/504915/biz/senate-leader-expects-fights-and-some-common-ground-with-new-house-leaders.html