Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats are prepared to move without Republicans if they won't deal on Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID package as he warns of repeating 'mistakes' of 2009
'If our Republican colleagues decide to oppose this urgent and necessary legislation, we will have to move forward without them'
House to take up Democratic budget resolution next week
White House rejects idea of splitting coronavirus package in two
'Reconciliation' would allow them to push it through on simple majority vote
Democrats introduced legislation to more than double the $7.25 federal minimum wage
It is already encountering opposition from Republicans
Some Democrats in swing states have yet to sign on to the effort