Coronavirus
Bernie Sanders Vows the $15 Minimum Wage Bill Will Be in the COVID-19 Relief Package
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who came closest to defeating Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, is vowing that language to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour will be included in a COVID-19 relief bill Democrats plan to pass with special budgetary rules.
Sanders on Wednesday pushed back against speculation that Democratic leaders will drop language increasing the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15.
“It’s going to be in reconciliation if I have anything to say about it. The only way we’re going to get it passed — we’re not going to get the 60 votes that we need. The only way we’re going to do it with 50 votes is through reconciliation,” he said.
