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Senate Democrats pull $15 wage from rescue package; progressives target filibuster
AP and Action Network / Illustration: People's WorldWASHINGTON—The Senate’s barely ruling Democrats apparently have given up for now on raising the minimum wage, but the nation’s unions, the New Poor People’s Campaign, and their allies haven’t.By a 219-212 vote after midnight on Feb. 27, the Democratic-run House approved the $1.9 trillion economic aid bill, called the American Rescue Plan. It includes the minimum wage hike. Democrats Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Jared Golden of Maine joined all 210 Republicans in voting “no.”But with a 50-50 Senate tie, Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and...…AP and Action Network / Illustration: People's WorldWASHINGTON—The Senate’s barely ruling Democrats apparently have given up for now on raising the minimum wage, but the nation’s unions, the New Poor People’s Campaign, and their allies haven’t.By a 219-212 vote after midnight on Feb. 27, the Democratic-run House approved the $1.9 trillion economic aid bill, called the American Rescue Plan. It includes the minimum wage hike. Democrats Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Jared Golden of Maine joined all 210 Republicans in voting “no.”But with a 50-50 Senate tie, Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and...WW…
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