by Gabriel Keane
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.
The Vermont senator added, “It was never my intention to raise the minimum wage immediately and during the pandemic.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders voiced his support of the bill, stating, “It was never my intention to raise the minimum wage immediately and during the pandemic”
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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.
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