Joe Manchin s $11 Minimum Wage More Popular Than Biden s $15 Among Democrats and Republicans
On 3/3/21 at 11:26 AM EST
While progressive Democrats continue to push for the federal minimum wage to be increased to $15 per hour, new polling shows that Senator Joe Manchin s suggestion of a more modest increase to $11 is more popular with both Republicans and Democrats.
President Joe Biden and Democrats campaigned on raising the federal minimum wage to $15, and House Democrats included the wage hike in their version of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. However, the wage hike looks unlikely to survive in the Senate s version of the bill, as that chamber s parliamentarian ruled it could not be passed through the budget reconciliation process. Meanwhile, GOP Senators Mitt Romney of Utah and Tom Cotton of Arkansas have put forward a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour close to what Manchin has suggested.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats should overrule or fire the Senate parliamentarian
Her words come after Elizabeth MacDonough ruled the $15 minimum wage cannot be included in the COVID relief package I think all options should be on the table, she said
Liberals are pressuring Democratic leadership to find way around ruling
Bernie Sanders vowed to push for an increased minimum wage to be included the COVID package
Sanders to propose an amendment that would pair a the wage increase with tax penalties on corporations that don t pay a higher minimum wage
That could change whether it meets the parliamentarian s criteria
Bernie Sanders vowed to push for an increased minimum wage to be included the COVID package after the Senate parliamentarian ruled the $15 per hour hike cannot be a part of it.
Neera Tanden s Confirmation Hopes Lie With Lisa Murkowski, Kyrsten Sinema After Grassley Says No
On 2/25/21 at 1:05 PM EST
Neera Tanden s odds of being confirmed to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) just got a little slimmer after another Republican senator voiced his objection to her nomination.
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa told reporters on Thursday that he would vote no on Tanden. His announcement came less than 24 hours after White House chief of staff Ron Klain touted the senator s indecision as an optimistic sign. We re fighting very hard for Neera, Klain told MSNBC s Joy Reid on Wednesday night. We had Senator Grassley tonight announce that he s open-minded on Neera s confirmation. We ve got other Republican senators we re talking to.