Senator Bernie Sanders took a shot at getting the progressives’ dream of a $15-per-hour federal minimum wage into the CARES Act (that the Dems call a Covid relief bill):
NOW: @BernieSanders is introducing an amendment to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour in the Covid relief bill.
It doesn't have 50 votes at this stage and it's subject to being removed under reconciliation rules. But it looks like he intends to put every senator on the record.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 5, 2021
But the Senate voted down the measure, with several Democrats joining the Republicans:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1367883716119457793
Here are the 8 Democrats who just voted down the $15 minimum wage measure:@SenatorCarper@ChrisCoons @SenatorHassan@SenAngusKing@Sen_JoeManchin@SenatorShaheen @SenatorSinema @SenatorTester
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) March 5, 2021
Sorry, Bernie! In any case, Sen. Sanders wasn’t happy about it at all:
There is not one state in our country where you can make ends meet on the current federal minimum wage. Not one! How quickly would Congress raise the minimum wage if they were forced to live on $7.25 an hour? Outrageous.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 5, 2021
If any Senator believes this is the last time they will cast a vote on whether or not to give a raise to 32 million Americans, they are sorely mistaken. We’re going to keep bringing it up, and we’re going to get it done because it is what the American people demand and need.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 5, 2021
The American people are reaching out to us. They are saying, "we are hurting." When people are hurting in a democratic society, government is supposed to respond to their pain. If we can't stand up for the working families that we represent, we don't deserve to be here. pic.twitter.com/6DUSECdTQ1
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 5, 2021
Pass the popcorn! If Bernie Sanders is ticked off something slightly positive for the country might have just happened.
