Democrats want to bend the rules for wage hike
Politics | Move over, nuclear option. Here comes the “dirty bomb”
by Harvest Prude
Posted 2/25/21, 09:36 pm
(Update: On Thursday night, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled the Democrats may not include a minimum wage increase in the COVID-19 relief bill that congressional leaders are seeking to pass using the budget reconciliation process.)
WASHINGTON—Democrats are trying to pass a federal minimum wage increase without Republican support by taking the long way around U.S. Senate rules.