I strongly disagree with the parliamentarian’s ruling about the minimum wage. But the people are demanding an end to starvation wages in America. We will not give up. We must get this done. pic.twitter.com/qt6mYJU7fl Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 26, 2021
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at town hall at the National Motorcycle Museum on January 3, 2020, in Anamosa, Iowa (Getty Images)
It is unclear how the Democrats plan to pass the hike as of now. Amending the language in the Covid-19 bill could lead to a delay in much-needed relief for millions, and a separate bill is highly unlikely to pass the Senate. Apart from Hawley, few Republicans have backed a hike from the current $7.25 an hour. Biden himself has stated that the idea may be dead. In a private meeting with governors, he reportedly said, I really want this in there but it just doesn t look like we can do it because of reconciliation. I’m not going to give up. But right now, we have to prepare fo
WASHINGTON — The policy debate over raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour is the latest fault line between Democrats, who largely support the idea, and Republicans, who generally oppose such a sharp increase as bad for business. But it is also revealing new fissures in the Republican Party, which is straining to appeal to its corporate backers, some of whom believe that more than doubling the minimum wage would cut deeply into their profits, and the working-class wing, which fueled President Donald Trump’s rise and would stand to gain from a pay increase. After decades of either calling for the abolishment of a federal minimum wage or arguing that it should not be raised, Republicans are beginning to bow to the realities facing the party’s populist base with proposals that acknowledge the wage floor must rise. President Joe Biden is likely to try to capitalize on that shift as he tries to deliver on his promise to raise the minimum wage, even if it does n
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After the Senate parliamentarian ruled a minimum wage hike is not allowed in the COVID relief bill, Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) proposed a bill to make billion dollar companies to pay $15 an hour.