“We’ve been working on these issues for quite some time,” he said Wednesday. “The majority leader will make the decision specifically on what comes next, but he and the president know that I have tax proposals that we’re fine-tuning and honing in the Senate that are very much in sync with what the president has been talking about.”
“My approach to legislating is to not front-run my colleagues,” he said. “I think the broad kind of framework has been pretty clear. I think we have two tax systems in America. I want one that gives everybody a chance to get ahead.”
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Sanders on Wednesday pushed back against speculation that Democratic leaders will drop language increasing the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15.
“It’s going to be in reconciliation if I have anything to say about it. The only way we’re going to get it passed we’re not going to get the 60 votes that we need. The only way we’re going to do it with 50 votes is through reconciliation,” he said.
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Sanders is showing no sign of backing down to centrist Sen. Joe Manchin
Sanders acknowledged Wednesday that raising the minimum wage to $15 won’t get any Republican support, which means he’s betting on Democrats unifying over a rescue package that includes a substantial hourly wage increase.
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