Published: Monday, March 1, 2021
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) during a remembrance ceremony for the victims of COVID-19. Francis Chung/E&E News
Senate Democrats this week will have to decide whether to push the limits of budget reconciliation to raise the federal minimum wage in the COVID-19 relief bill in what is being viewed as a test case for the upcoming economic recovery package focused on infrastructure.
In a blow to Democrats last week, the Senate parliamentarian ruled that including the $15 federal minimum wage increase in the pandemic bill would violate the Byrd rule, which prescribes the scope of what can pass under budget reconciliation. The process allows certain measures to pass by simple majority in the Senate.
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