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Showing Original Post only (View all)Kamala Harris Could Deliver $15 Minimum Wage If Democrats Really Wanted It [View all]
?resize=1800,1200&w=1200Now, Democrats have to choose between respecting some arcane Senate semi-rules and ensuring more than a million working Americans would no longer literally go hungry, and they seem, somehow, poised to pick the former.
There are multiple options available to Biden if he is truly committed to the idea that, as he said in his statement on the ruling, no one in this country should work full time and live in poverty.
For one thing, the president could just ask Kamala Harris, the president of the Senate, to overrule the parliamentarian. In fact, one former parliamentarian has said its entirely at the VPs discretion to listen to MacDonough on a ruling like this one or not. And there is ample historical precedent for not listening to the parliamentarian as Slate reports, Vice President Hubert Humphrey routinely ignored his parliamentarians advice.
[link:https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/democrats-15-dollar-minimum-wage-vp-harris-senate-1132695/|
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White Fox
Feb 2021
OP
I wouldn't count on it. This is an absurd Rolling Stone speculation. Sanders ammendment
still_one
Feb 2021
#24
Yup... No matter how often this same thing is posted, without the votes, it is meaningless
hlthe2b
Feb 2021
#11
No she couldn't. We won't have 50 votes for the covid relief bill with the $15 minimum wage in it.
lapucelle
Feb 2021
#14
Fire/overrule the parliamentarian, maybe not have enough votes, take the provision out anyway...
lapucelle
Feb 2021
#28
Not to mention down ballot Dems were largely hurt by the lack of in person field
jorgevlorgan
Feb 2021
#50
I think it would be an issue with the press, and in their eyes Biden, Harris, and Schumer
lapucelle
Feb 2021
#33
We could have a $15 minimum wage if even a handful of fucking Republicans would vote for it.
Midnight Writer
Feb 2021
#16
Manchin and Simena could stall the bill until the minimum wage was removed no matter what
andym
Feb 2021
#27
Sorry, but Harris would be facing the exact same issue that Biden is, probably worse.
msfiddlestix
Feb 2021
#55
Aren't you are the energizer bunny on this issue. Less than a week on DU and 2 bullshit post
GulfCoast66
Feb 2021
#66
This narrative was designed by the alt-left on social media to scapegoat Kamala.
radius777
Feb 2021
#72
I hate to break it to you but the votes for a nuclear option do not exist
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2021
#76