Kyrsten Sinema Gets $4,000 From Banks, Debt Collectors After Nixing $15 Minimum Wage
On 5/7/21 at 9:23 PM EDT
Banks and political action committees (PACs) representing debt collectors donated $4,000 to Democratic Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema just days after her thumbs down vote against a Democratic amendment to Biden s American Rescue Plan that would raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour.
The Federal Election Commission showed that on March 8, three days after her no vote, the Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley donated $2,000 to Sinema. The Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACPAC) as well as the Commercial Law League, two PACs representing debt collectors, each donated $1,000 to Sinema.
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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2020 file photo, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asks questions during a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP, File) Author: Associated Press, Sam Clancy Published: 4:27 PM CDT April 22, 2021 Updated: 4:27 PM CDT April 22, 2021
Lindsey Graham Offers Waffle House Plan to Dems Worried About $15 Minimum Wage
On 3/4/21 at 8:58 PM EST
Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has said he will talk to Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin about an alternate plan for raising the national minimum wage.
Graham s plan, suggested to him by representatives from the national restaurant chain Waffle House, would index minimum wage increases to inflation. His plan could also soothe Machin s worries that the Democrats proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 would endanger small businesses already harmed by the pandemic s economic downturn.
While Graham didn t offer specifics when mentioning his plan to reporters last week, similar proposals have tied annual minimum wage increases to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI measures changes in the costs of goods and services commonly purchased by households.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives will take up legislation soon to raise the minimum wage to $15 over five years, after Senate rules blocked including the proposal in a COVID-19 relief bill before Congress.
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