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Senator Sanders (I-Vermont) has failed to insert a minimum wage hike into a mammoth $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. The attempt was a long shot, and members of his own party decisively voted against it.
As the US Senate debated amendments to President Joe Biden’s long-anticipated Covid-19 relief bill, Sanders stuck to his progressive guns on Friday and attempted to insert an amendment to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. The amendment was already ruled out by the Senate parliamentarian – an official who functions as a sort of referee in the chamber – last week, as inserting it would break budget rules and ensure that the overall bill would need a 60-vote majority to pass, rather than the simple majority it needs in its current form.