1 Mar 2021
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 22 progressive Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to overrule the Senate parliamentarian and allow a $15 minimum wage increase to be included in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill.
Khanna, the progressive caucus deputy whip, and 22 Democrats sent a letter to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, urging them to overrule Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s decision that a $15 minimum wage increase violates the rules regarding the $1.9 trillion reconciliation coronavirus package.
Democrats hope to pass their partisan coronavirus package by reconciliation, a procedure that allows for the Senate to pass the spending package with only a majority vote. Republicans tried to use reconciliation to repeal Obamacare; however, reconciliation’s rules on spending limited the scope of the degree to which they could try to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Republicans, however, did successfully pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act using
number of people who came to atlanta. every presidential aspirant from richard nixon, of course, to robert kennedy and others. vice president humphrey was running. he was there. many from the entertainment community. obviously, harry belafonte was very close. so he was with us, along with sammy davis who came in and sydney portier and wilt chamberla chamberlain. peter, paul & mary. marlon brando. there were hosts of entertainers who came. and, obviously, aretha franklin was close because of her dad and them being ministers. so i remember all of this. one story that i must tell, two very important people at that time came. one was robert cole and his
robert kennedy and his wife to ted kennedy and his wife at the time to jackie onassis to richard nixon who became the president, to vice president humphrey, all of the political candidates were there. many entertainers were there. the tallest person was wilt chamberlain, he was seven i think he s 7 2 . it was a very solemn period. it was the quietest i had ever seen. i think the numbers of people, the hundreds of thousands of people that were on the streets as we marched from ebenezer church to morehouse college and then to the cemetery where dad s remains were temporarily housed. i m curious about the responsibility you felt towards that legacy and carrying it. has it ever been a heavy load for you?
i m elected, which would have been the next day actually he was sworn in. and of course obviously that has not happened. he got a lot of dap from meeting with you last year. it mattered to people that martin luther king iii went and met with president trump. do you regret that meeting given what s happened since? no, i do not regret. i think you have to always appeal to those in leadership. in the late 50s, my father appealed to president eisenhower and vice president nixon and had a relationship with vice president nixon. in the early 60s, my father appealed to president kennedy and vice president johnson, and then in the mid- 60s, president johnson and vice president humphrey. we ve got to always be in dialogue, appealing to the administration if we ever want to see true change come in our nation. let me ask you to comment on what your niece said about the president. she gave him a much more positive review. she thinks it s outrageous that
sounds like an interesting idea. i m going to convene and have you come to the white house once i m elected, which would have been the next day actually he was sworn in. and of course obviously that has not happened. he got a lot of dap from meeting with you last year. it mattered to people that martin luther king iii went and met with president trump. do you regret that meeting given what s happened since? no, i do not regret. i think you have to always appeal to those in leadership. in the late 50s, my father appealed to president eisenhower and vice president nixon and had a relationship with vice president nixon. in the early 60s, my father appealed to president kennedy and vice president johnson, and then in the mid- 60s, president johnson and vice president humphrey. we ve got to always be in dialogue, appealing to the administration if we ever want to see true change come in our nation. let me ask you to comment on