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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema complains criticism of her vote against $15 minimum wage hike is sexist Salon 3/6/2021 Kyrsten Sinema Votes No on $15 minimum wage C-SPAN
On Thursday, after a month-long Democratic-backed effort to put a $15 minimum wage mandate into the latest COVID relief bill, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. –– and several others in the Democratic caucus –– killed the effort on the Senate floor, deciding in a 58-42 vote that the minimum wage provision should not be included.
Sinema, brought with her big chocolate cake into the Senate chamber, where, with a pep in her step and a Lululemon bag on her shoulder, she struck a pose and voted against the wage hike.