Biden met with labor leaders at the White House on Wednesday, following similar talks with the heads of business groups that are often at odds with unions.
While there is much that each side finds attractive in the $1.9 trillion proposal, the inclusion of language in the House measure raising the federal minimum wage over time to $15 per hour is a point of division.
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“The things that we’ve stressed are one, that minimum wage doesn’t belong in this package and that there is a real benefit both for this package and for the other legislative priorities that frankly we share with the administration on getting their done on a bipartisan basis,” said Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.