WASHINGTON A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Joe Biden urging Congress to "show some spine" and stand up to Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON A Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid suffered a swift and total collapse Tuesday as Republicans withdrew support despite President Joe Biden urging Congress to "show some spine" and stand up to Donald Trump.
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Gabe Ferris, ABC News(WASHINGTON) A Senate committee will soon take up a bill that would more than double the minimum wage though the legislation s chances of passage are slim.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, said a $17-an-hour minimum wage is needed to help workers keep pace with the rising cost of living across the United States.
"I am delighted to announce this morning that on June 14, the Senate HELP Committee will be marking up a bill to raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour over a five-year period," Sanders announced Thursday.
The senator s suggestion a $2 increase from his 2021 proposal is designed to keep pace with inflation, Sanders said in remarks decrying congressional inaction.
"The last minimum wage bill passed by Congress was in 2008. You think it s time to raise it? I do [and] most Americans do, so we re gonna do our best to get this off to the floor as s