Senate lawmakers on Saturday passed an amended version of President Joe Biden's novel coronavirus pandemic relief plan, clearing the $1.9 trillion bill to return to the House for consideration after putting its stamp of approval on several tax provisions.
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Due to Senate rules, the $15 minimum wage has been dropped from Democrats $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, which the upper chamber is expected to tackle this weekend. Yet just because the worst provision of the bill has been spiked doesn t mean the rest of it should pass. The country doesn t need another massive spending blowout, which would be counterproductive to the economic recovery. Senators should vote no.
More than 700 small businesses have signed the Job Creators Network s new petition opposing this bill more than twice as many as Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims support it. Small business opposition to this legislation is no surprise when you consider how it appropriates more than $1 trillion to pet projects, policies, and pork that are unrelated to the pandemic it is supposedly intended to address.
House lawmakers approved a $1.9 trillion package of economic incentives designed to combat the coronavirus pandemic early Saturday, but its fate is uncertain in the Senate, where bipartisan objections to raising the minimum wage could derail the legislation.