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11 Hours, 50 Minutes: Vote on Bernie Sanders' Minimum Wage Amendment Breaks Senate Record


11 Hours, 50 Minutes: Vote on Bernie Sanders Minimum Wage Amendment Breaks Senate Record
On 3/6/21 at 11:08 AM EST
The procedural vote to include Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders $15-an-hour minimum wage amendment in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill ultimately failed but not before breaking the Senate record for longest ever vote.
The record-breaking Senate vote came as many in the upper chamber were already prepared for a long night, with several offices stocking Red Bull energy drinks and snacks in advance. But debate and procedural stoppages occurred for nearly 12 hours, or 11 hours and 50 minutes, before enough moderate Democrats decided to oppose the minimum wage hike. A call between President Joe Biden and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin was part of the lengthy process, which ended with only 42 senators siding with Sanders. Sanders needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules, which would have allowed him to use reconciliation to push his minimum wage hike ....

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Least, see the light of day? well, that s basically what the sanders amendment did. expanded the audit activity. the fed is already audited aggressively on almost all accounts. they ve opened up to even further disclosure. they re going to put it on the web. all these different loans that were made in an attempt to stabilize the financial industry. i support that. i do not want to see the congress trying to influence how we print money in this country. i can t think of anything worse for the average american than to have the congress deciding the value of the dollar. because basically we would have a very inflationary economy because members of congress would want to spend money on this and that and they d print money to do it. when you take that dollar downtown to buy something, buy your groceries or buy a car you want it to mean something. yeah. when you put it in a savings bank, when you take it out you want it to mean something. ....

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