A split in the Democratic Party over whether or not to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has cost Senator Bernie Sanders and the radicals a victory. The margin of victory suggests the issue is dead, at least for the next two years.
The vote was 58 against, 42 in favor. All 50 Republicans voted against it as well as eight Democrats, leaving much of Joe Biden’s agenda in doubt. Biden will need at least 60 votes to break any GOP filibuster on legislation like the Green New Deal and Medicare for All.
That’s why the radicals are screaming at the president to help them get rid of the filibuster. But it may not even matter. The eight defecting Democrats suggest that Biden is going to need at least a handful of Republicans if he even wants a majority of much of his legislative agenda passed.
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