Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) lent his support to a Republican budget amendment to prevent Congress from raising the minimum wage to $15 on Friday, claiming that he never actually supported raising the minimum wage “immediately and during the pandemic.” Sanders described the popular belief that he supported a minimum wage hike in the Covid stimulus package was the result of a “misunderstanding.”
The measure, which passed unanimously via voice vote, dealt a fatal blow to the hopes of progressive activists who pushed for the inclusion of $15 wage legislation within the congressional $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill.
“I will do everything that I can to make sure a $15-an-hour minimum wage is included in this reconciliation bill, but there appears to be some misunderstanding,” Sanders stated.
Joe Biden raised leftist hopes for a nationwide $15 minimum wage in January, but the executive order he ended up signing only increased the wage for government employees.
read more here: https://nationalfile.com/bernie-sanders-it-was-never-my-intention-to-raise-the-minimum-wage-immediately-and-during-the-pandemic/
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