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Tip money earned by service employees is on the table in the nation's capital, as lawmakers scrap over a minimum wage bill. In seven states, workers get to keep their tips on top of getting paid their state's full minimum wage. In other states, tip-earning workers get paid less and make up the difference with tips. A provision in GOP-written minimum wage legislation under consideration this week by the Senate could change the law in those seven states. It would deal a pay cut of $3 or more an hour to thousands of service employees in those states, according to Democrats and labor groups.