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With a House vote on the Equality Act set for next week, talks between LGBTQ rights advocates and Capitol Hill have begun on getting the legislation across the finish line with Democratic control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, although that has become more complicated with opponents raising fears about transgender kids in sports and Senator Mitt Romney s (R-Utah) newly declared opposition to the bill.
The Equality Act was formally reintroduced Thursday (February 18) by gay Congressman David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon)
LGBTQ rights supporters, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for greater candor, said they were engaged in talks with lawmakers including in the Senate, where the major fight will be in the same week House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) announced a floor vote would take place on the Equality Act.
Warning: Biden would boost pay but blow up small business
Thursday, January 21, 2021 |
Chris Woodward, Billy Davis (OneNewsNow.com)
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President Joe Biden will urge the Democrat-controlled Congress to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, a push that is alarming some economists and lawmakers, and small business owners already struggling during the pandemic.
The current minimum wage is $7.25, which has remained unchanged for more than a decade since it was bumped up in July of 2009.
According to CNBC, the business news outlet, Biden is including the $15-per-hour push in the America Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion aid package that promises to address the COVID-19 pandemic.