US Politics

Looks like the Democrats are planning to shit the bed over raising the minimum wage to $15. These idiots really love to be hated, don’t they?

Is it a democrat decision to not include the $15 push in the Covid relief bill? I thought it was the Senate Parliamentarian that made the call. The SP is non partisan.

My understanding is that this is just a disagreement about which bill it is included with and how the bill is voted on rather than abandoning the goal.

As far as I can tell, the only people who have opposed raising the minimum wage to $15 are the Republicans.

Edit: The argument appears to be that you can't use the "reconcilliation method" of passing emergency legislation to push through major legislative change. Something to do with major leigslative change requiring a super majority rather than a simple majority.