Democrats Renew Push To End The Filibuster In An Effort To Pass Massive Minimum Wage Hike

Progressive Senate Democrats have a new excuse for their desire to end the Senate's filibuster: raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Frustrated that Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian who acts as a non-partisan referee of sorts, determined that a minimum wage increase "Was not compliant with budget reconciliations rules," and thus couldn't be passed as part of the Democrat's $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, Democrats are now pushing to end the filibuster in order to pass the minimum wage hike with a bare majority.

Raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 was a key feature in getting Joe Biden and other Democrats elected in November.

Democratic Senate aides say the Senate parliamentarian has ruled against including a minimum wage increase in the Democrats' massive COVID-19 relief bill https://t.

"Democrats should not be held hostage by Mitch McConnell to help struggling families. It is time to get rid of the filibuster to raise the minimum wage to $15 and pass other bold policies that Americans voted for us to deliver."

Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the few Democrats that might be considered even remotely moderate, has said he will not vote to end the filibuster.

It is time to get rid of the filibuster to raise the minimum wage to $15 and pass the other bold policies that Americans voted for us to deliver.
 

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