For Senate rules arbiter, minimum wage is latest minefield
3 years, 10 months ago

For Senate rules arbiter, minimum wage is latest minefield

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — She’s guided the Senate through two impeachment trials, vexed Democrats and Republicans alike with parliamentary opinions and helped rescue Electoral College certificates from a pro-Trump mob ransacking the Capitol. Any day, she’s expected to reveal if she thinks a federal minimum wage boost, progressives’ most prized plank in Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan, should fall from the bill. As Democrats begin pushing Biden’s sweeping relief package through Congress, they’re using a special procedure that shields the bill from Senate Republican filibusters, which require 60 votes to thwart. MacDonough has been meeting with Democrats who have tried convincing her that their minimum wage provision meets that test and with Republicans who have told her it doesn’t.

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Senate shoots down additional minimum wage increase
8 months, 1 week ago

Senate shoots down additional minimum wage increase

NL Times  

As expected, a majority in the Senate voted against an additional 1.2 percent increase in the minimum wage on Tuesday. The parties were concerned that a further increase in the minimum wage would be too big a burden on entrepreneurs and could, therefore, endanger jobs. The BBB also pointed to the high costs for the treasury - welfare benefits are …

The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?
3 years, 9 months ago

The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?

NPR  

The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. Enlarge this image toggle caption Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Now that Democrats have passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, all eyes turn to what's next. But if Republicans voted en masse against the COVID-19 relief bill, which was broadly popular with the American public, it's hard to …

Thumbs Down: Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema evokes 'Maverick' McCain
3 years, 9 months ago

Thumbs Down: Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema evokes 'Maverick' McCain

Hindustan Times  

Democrat Senator from Arizona Kyrsten Sinema voted against the motion to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour on Friday. In a statement, Sinema said that she believes the minimum wage hike should be worked on as a separate issue and not with the Covid-19 relief bill. Senators in both parties have shown support for raising the federal …

Democratic divides sharpen even as Biden’s Covid-19 relief package passes the Senate
3 years, 9 months ago

Democratic divides sharpen even as Biden’s Covid-19 relief package passes the Senate

CNN  

CNN — The honeymoon is over for President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats, whose unified front was thrown into doubt during the final stages of negotiations ahead of Saturday’s vote to pass the White House’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. The party’s fragile internal peace, which Biden and his team have tended to with great care since he won the …

Democrats tussle over minimum wage. Kamala Harris is caught in the middle
3 years, 9 months ago

Democrats tussle over minimum wage. Kamala Harris is caught in the middle

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to break a tie on a procedural vote as the Senate works on President Biden’s $1.9-trillion COVID -19 relief package on Thursday. William Barber II, one of the nation’s leading civil rights activists, defined the fight over raising the national minimum wage as Kamala Harris’ first fork-in-the-road moment since she became vice president. Harris’ defenders …

Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate. That chamber’s nonpartisan parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, said Senate rules require that a federal minimum wage increase would have to be …

Some Democrats want to fire Senate parliamentarian over minimum wage plans
3 years, 9 months ago

Some Democrats want to fire Senate parliamentarian over minimum wage plans

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As Democrats sought to use budget reconciliation to keep Republicans …

COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian dealt a potentially lethal blow Thursday to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill the party is trying to speed through Congress, Senate Democratic aides said. He said it shows the special procedure that Democrats are using to protect the …

Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?
3 years, 9 months ago

Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?

NPR  

Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase? She nixed a Democratic push to add a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage increase to President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, dubbed the American Rescue Plan. Dove angered the GOP majority, including Majority Leader Trent Lott, for rulings that made it difficult to push President George W. Bush's …

Coronavirus bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides

India Today  

The Senate parliamentarian dealt a potentially lethal blow Thursday to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill the party is trying to speed through Congress, Senate Democratic aides said. He said it shows the special procedure that Democrats are using to protect the relief bill …

Fight for $15: Wage hike likely blocked from Biden’s COVID relief
3 years, 9 months ago

Fight for $15: Wage hike likely blocked from Biden’s COVID relief

Al Jazeera  

In blow to progressives, Senate arbiter says fast-track process to pass signature legislation precludes the wage hike. A provision that would raise the United States minimum wage as part of President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation has been dealt a likely lethal blow. Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate parliamentarian and the nonpartisan arbiter of its rules, determined that …

Senate Can't Vote On $15 Minimum Wage, Parliamentarian Rules
3 years, 10 months ago

Senate Can't Vote On $15 Minimum Wage, Parliamentarian Rules

NPR  

Senate Can't Vote On $15 Minimum Wage, Parliamentarian Rules Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Updated at 9:27 p.m. ET Senate Democrats will not be forced to confront an internal political battle over increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 following a decision by the primary keeper of Senate rules. The Senate parliamentarian ruled that …

Elizabeth MacDonough: All eyes on Senate parliamentarian as she rules against minimum wage provision in Covid relief bill
3 years, 10 months ago

Elizabeth MacDonough: All eyes on Senate parliamentarian as she rules against minimum wage provision in Covid relief bill

CNN  

CNN — A little known but powerful Senate official has ruled against including the increase in the minimum wage in the Covid relief bill, sources tell CNN. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough made her ruling Thursday evening, after being thrust into the spotlight this week as Democrats were eager to see whether an increase to the federal minimum wage would be …

Biden, progressive Democrats heading toward clash over minimum wage and student loans
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden, progressive Democrats heading toward clash over minimum wage and student loans

LA Times  

The Biden administration and progressive Democrats are heading for their first big policy clash over whether to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour as part of the upcoming COVID-19 stimulus bill. But progressives view the minimum wage hike as an early indicator of Biden’s devotion to their causes, including whether he will one day support repealing …

Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to seize rare chance for $15 minimum wage
3 years, 10 months ago

Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to seize rare chance for $15 minimum wage

The Independent  

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‘Moral imperative’: Bernie Sanders and Democrats introduce $15 minimum wage bill
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Moral imperative’: Bernie Sanders and Democrats introduce $15 minimum wage bill

The Independent  

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Joe Biden wants to use coronavirus relief to raise federal minimum wage to $15
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden wants to use coronavirus relief to raise federal minimum wage to $15

Salon  

President-elect Joe Biden called on Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 as part of his $1.9 billion coronavirus relief proposal unveiled on Thursday. Biden outlined his plan in a speech in Delaware, calling for Congress to approve $1,400 direct payments on top of the $600 checks in the last stimulus bill, extending of enhanced federal unemployment benefits …

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