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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
Ricochet
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.