The Senate voted Friday to reject a senator-sponsored proposal. Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersABC appoints new deputy political director, White House correspondent Ron Johnson forces to read the 628-page Senate coronavirus relief bill at the GOP plant, which removes all stops to delay the COVID package -19 MORE (I-Vt.) To raise the federal minimum wage to $ 15.
Seven Democrats and an independent voted against the Democrats. Voting has not yet closed, although it appears that all senators had cast their ballots at 12:15 p.m.
Meaning. Joe Manchin
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Cynthia (Jeanne) Jeanne ShaheenPro-Choice Caucus calls on Biden to remove funding restrictions for abortion from 2022 budget Bottom line senators press Treasury to prioritize Tubman redesign MORE (DN.H.), Maggie Hassan
Margaret (Maggie) HassanRosen will lead the Senate Democrats ’efforts to support women’s candidacies. The Pro-Choice Caucus calls on Biden to remove restrictions on abortion fund from 2022 budget. Senate Democrats call on GAO to review barriers to access to child care for parents with disabilities (DN.H.), Chris Coons
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Thomas (Tom) Richard CarperBiden to meet with bipartisan lawmakers on infrastructure Five meals to take away dramatic Capitol security audition Democrats worry Senate will be the graveyard of Biden’s agenda MORE (D-Del.) I Angus King
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Coons ’vote was especially surprising, as he is one of them President Biden
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The Senate voted 58 to 42 against an attempt to waive a procedural objection to the addition of the $ 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief provision bill.
The overwhelming vote raises questions about whether Biden will be able to raise the federal minimum wage to $ 15 at any time in his first term.
Until Friday’s vote, Manchin, an emerging power agent in the 50-50 Senate, had been the only Senate Democrat to openly express his opposition to a $ 15 national wage standard. Instead, Manchin favors setting it at $ 11 an hour and indexing it to inflation.
With eight members of the Democratic group voting against for procedural reasons, it’s hard to see Biden getting his priority soon. Instead, it will likely have to commit to raising the federal minimum wage, which has not increased since 2009, to less than $ 15.
Biden reiterated his strong support during a conference call with Senate Democrats last week and invited them to continue working on the pay rise.
“The president wants us to move forward right now in reducing COVID, but he has made it clear that he supports a 100% increase in the minimum wage,” the senator said. Elizabeth Warren
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Friday’s minimum wage came shortly after news broke that Democratic centrists had forced their leaders to accept a significant reduction in weekly unemployment benefits.
Democrats announced Friday morning that they were close to an agreement to set the weekly unemployment benefit at $ 300 a week instead of the $ 400 a week Biden added and included in the House-approved relief deal.
In a grant to the Liberals, the new unemployment benefit agreement would exempt up to $ 10,200 in tax benefits received in 2020 and extend the boost to federal unemployment benefits until Oct. 4 instead of Oct. 29. August, end date set by the House.
Moderate sensation. Susan Collins
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All other Republicans in the Senate voted the same way.
Some Democrats expressed displeasure at Sanders ’proposal to raise the prone wages restaurant workers earn at a time when many restaurants are struggling to stay open during a business downturn due to the pandemic.
The vote was largely symbolic after the Senate lawmaker ruled last week that a provision raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour in 2025 violated Byrd’s rule and could not be included in the relief package that Democrats plan to pass special budget rules with a simple majority vote.
Proponents of the $ 15 per hour salary may have some consolation in the fact that Friday’s vote was to waive an objection from the budget order point to the amendment rather than a direct vote up or down. down on the amendment itself, leaving the Democrats who voted. there is no room to vote yes in the future.
Since the MP decided that the pay increase violated the Byrd rule, it would have prevented the entire relief package from going through with a simple majority vote if it were added successfully.
But the procedural objection, which would have required 60 votes to resign, could have been sustained only by Republican votes in the Senate 50-50, indicating that Democratic centrists are sending a message.
Sanders promised after the vote to continue pressing the issue.
“If anyone thinks we are giving up on this issue, they are very wrong. If we have to vote for it over and over again, we will get it and we will get it, “he said.” The American people understand that we cannot continue to have millions of people working for hunger wages. “
Asked if he was surprised by the number of Democrats who voted against his amendment, Sanders said, “No, we knew exactly what was going on.”
Justice Democrats, a progressive defense group, blasted centrist Democrats on Friday for the vote.
“It is unconscious for Sens. Tester, Manchin, Shaheen, Hassan, King, Sinema, Carper and Coons to tell millions of essential wage-earning workers that they are ‘heroes’, but that they do not deserve a minimum wage of $ 15.” said Waleed Shahid, a spokesman for the group.
“President Biden and Vice President Harris must now present their plan to fulfill their campaign promise of a minimum wage of $ 15 before the mid-term election cycle begins,” he said.
Updated at 1:31 p.m.