Progressive Democrats have been eager to deliver a minimum wage increase to begin the Biden administration. And House Democrats had vowed a $15 minimum wage would be in their version of the massive COVID relief bill. The politics and the mechanics were far more complicated in the Senate. In the upper chamber, the relief package will be passed under an exception to the filibuster known as “reconciliation” that permits a bare majority to put the legislation on Biden’s desk.
. For each controversial provision, the Senate parliamentarian must find a path — as if with a divining rod — or announce, after a mysterious interlude of doleful contemplation, that the way is blocked. In this case, MacDonough found that the minimum wage hike was “In some ways the parliamentarian’s ruling lets Democrats off the hook. An increase to $15 dollars was unlikely even had MacDonough given the green light. Sens.
For his part Sanders is not giving up on the potential to gain minimum wage traction through the reconciliation measure. Decrying the “ ,” he’s vowing to introduce an amendment to the relief package that strips tax deductions from “large, profitable corporations” that don’t pay at least $15 an hour, while providing incentives to small businesses to hike wages.
House parliamentarian says OK. Senate parliamentarian says No Way. Huh? crooked gov't
It's a ruling of the parliamentarian, who no one has ever considered before and who can quite simply be overruled by the VP, but the 'sorry we can't do nice things' narrative is already writing itself into existence.
Bullshit, but it’s not over
The $15 MinimumWage is an epic KamalaVsBernie showdown! Which side are you on?
Unacceptable. There are means to get this through where ‘partisanship’ should take a back seat. Look at the f’ing polls. America wants and needs this. americafirst
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