8 Democrats Join Republicans in Rejecting Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike Bill

[excalibur]

Bernie Sanders's attempt at overriding the Senate Parliamentarian fails. They needed 60 votes for that and got 42. Good!

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 Democrats—opposed the measure, joining all Republicans in the upper chamber. Coons and Carper are considered two close allies of President Joe Biden, who was formerly a senator from Delaware.

The final vote tally was 42–58, falling far short of the 60 votes needed to overrule the Senate parliamentarian’s decision that a minimum wage increase can’t be embedded in a broader COVID-19 stimulus bill.

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8 Democrats Join Republicans in Rejecting Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike Bill

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[TNHarley]

Good for them!
Bills should be short and strait to the point. None of this added bullshit.

 

[excalibur]

Good for them!
Bills should be short and strait to the point. None of this added bullshit.

Indeed, as they could have passed a simple COVID-relief bill in January. Instead, we get this monstrosity of a bill.

 

[struth]

Good for them....nice to see a bipartisan rejection of the left's attempt to expand poverty

 

[OldLady]

Bernie Sanders's attempt at overriding the Senate Parliamentarian fails. They needed 60 votes for that and got 42. Good!

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.).​

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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 Democrats—opposed the measure, joining all Republicans in the upper chamber. Coons and Carper are considered two close allies of President Joe Biden, who was formerly a senator from Delaware.​

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The final vote tally was 42–58, falling far short of the 60 votes needed to overrule the Senate parliamentarian’s decision that a minimum wage increase can’t be embedded in a broader COVID-19 stimulus bill.​

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8 Democrats Join Republicans in Rejecting Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike Bill

www.theepochtimes.com

Good!
Angus King is from Maine, not VT, btw. Good to see New Hampshire pulling with us. Maine is up to $12 plus annual cost of living increases, and that's high enough for us.

 

[blackhawk]

Rare display of common sense in Congress.

 

[Jets]

Once again Sen Sanders displays his hubris.

 

[struth]

I expect these brave Senators that dared to question their Party to start getting death threats......expect the DNC to pull a modern day Night of the Long Knives

 

[excalibur]

With this defeat, we can now hope for defeating the attempt to end the filibuster and voting down the horror that is H.R. 1.

 

[harmonica]

Good for them!
Bills should be short and strait to the point. None of this added bullshit.

..and there shouldn't be any bills for spending any extra/new/etc $$$$$ except if absolutely necessary or for emergencies

 

[OldLady]

With this defeat, we can now hope for defeating the attempt to end the filibuster and voting down the horror that is H.R. 1.

There's a lot in H.R. 1 that's good. I think the Repubs should do a little Yankee trading on that one. Everyone would benefit from it.

 

[basquebromance]

Sinema was for raising the wage for her entire career...until now

it's all about political survival, my friends

remember, Arizona kicked off the Tea Party revolution with all the immigration bills under Governor Jan Brewer...i wonder where she is now, folks!

 

[harmonica]

..

With this defeat, we can now hope for defeating the attempt to end the filibuster and voting down the horror that is H.R. 1.

There's a lot in H.R. 1 that's good. I think the Repubs should do a little Yankee trading on that one. Everyone would benefit from it.

like what?

 

[OldLady]

Sinema was for raising the wage for her entire career...until now

it's all about political survival, my friends

remember, Arizona kicked off the Tea Party revolution with all the immigration bills under Governor Jan Brewer...i wonder where she is now, folks!

She says she's still for it--just not in the Covid relief package.

 

[OldLady]

..

With this defeat, we can now hope for defeating the attempt to end the filibuster and voting down the horror that is H.R. 1.

There's a lot in H.R. 1 that's good. I think the Repubs should do a little Yankee trading on that one. Everyone would benefit from it.

like what?

Putting a choke chain on the PACs. Going to all paper voting.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

We don't need a federal minimum wage. What's good for California isn't necessarily good for North Dakota.

 

[wamose]

What kind of totalitarian idiots think this is a federal issue? Each state should decide what is the appropriate minimum wage for their state. Today's totalitarian Democrat party is wrong again.

 

[basquebromance]

/thread

 

[basquebromance]

it's interesting: both Senators from Delaware, Biden's state, opposed this

 

[basquebromance]

what's Mr Pototohead's position on raising the minimum wage?