WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on March 11 that Democrats would continue to fight for raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour after a failed attempt to include it in President Joe Biden’s economic rescue plan. Senate Democrats removed the proposal to raise the minimum wage from the rescue plan, after the Senate…
Pelosi: Democrats ‘Will Persist’ With Increasing Federal Minimum Wage
Manchin Says He’ll Continue to Back $11 Minimum Wage Hike
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Sunday that he will continue to push for the federal minimum wage to be increased to $11 as part of the CCP virus stimulus package, down from the $15 per hour minimum proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The federal minimum wage must be “above the poverty guideline,” Manchin said in…
Sen. Sinema Pushes Back on Criticism of Her Thumbs-Down ‘No’ Vote on Minimum Wage Hike
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is defending her dramatic “thumbs-down” vote on her party’s bid to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, with a spokesperson of her office dismissing criticism over the gesture as sexist. Sinema sparked social media backlash for the manner in which she joined the Senate Republicans and a handful of…
Sinema Rejects Criticism of Her Thumbs-Down ‘No’ Vote on Minimum Wage Measure
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is defending her dramatic “thumbs-down” vote on her party’s bid to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, with a spokesperson of her office dismissing criticism over the gesture as sexist. Sinema sparked social media backlash for the manner in which she joined Senate Republicans and a handful of her…
8 Democrats Join Republicans in Rejecting Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike Bill
Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans in rejecting raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour over five years after it was proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Angus King (I-Vt.)—who caucuses with…
McConnell Open to Minimum Wage Increase, but Against Quick Raise to $15 an Hour
The top Republican in Congress on Tuesday signaled a willingness to increase the federal minimum wage. “It is true that it hasn’t been raised for quite a while, and I think it’s worth discussing,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. “But we know the result of a $15…
Epoch Times Readers Overwhelmingly Oppose $15 Federal Minimum Wage
More than 94 percent of Epoch Times readers who responded to a survey said they don’t support a federal minimum wage hike to $15 per hour. The federal minimum wage has sat at $7.25 since 2009. President Joe Biden’s economic relief plan includes a proposal to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour over…
Sanders Plans to Defy Parliamentarian and Force Vote on $15 Minimum Wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Monday that the Democrats should defy a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian and vowed to force a vote on to add the $15 minimum wage mandate back into the pandemic relief bill. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough had ruled last week that the $15 minimum wage provision could not be enacted…
Senate Democrats Suggest Moving Forward on CCP Virus Relief Bill Without Minimum Wage Hike
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday that the administration is not planning to overrule the parliamentarian on adding a raise to the minimum wage to the CCP virus relief bill. “That’s not an action we intend to take,” Psaki said. The Senate parliamentarian ruled last Thursday that raising the federal minimum…
Biden Still Committed to Raising Minimum Wage: White House Press Secretary
President Joe Biden is committed to raising the minimum wage after a Senate rules expert appeared to kibosh the provision in the latest COVID-19 relief package, his press secretary said on Sunday. “He can’t do it on his own, but he is absolutely committed to raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour,” White House press…
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