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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.
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And who the fuck is the senate parliamentarian? When the senate parliamentarian stood in the way of Bush’s tax plans, they just fired the senate parliamentarian. It’s about political will.
And if you’re struggling along on $7.50, looking forward to a wage increase and you hear that isn’t going to happen because of the ‘senate parliamentarian’ are you going to think “oh, ok, rules are rules” or are you going to think “WTF is this shit?”
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As far as I can tell, the only people who have opposed raising the minimum wage to $15 are the Republicans.
also 2 dems Manchin and Sinema
https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-poses-threat-to-progressives-plan-to-raise-the-minimum-wage?r=US&IR=T
Eejit
Ricochet
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?