Progressives in the House and Senate are demanding that Vice President Kamala Harris use her “power” to overrule the Senate parliamentarian, who determined, Thursday, that a minimum wage hike could not be included in the Democrats’ COVID-19 relief bill if they plan on passing it using “reconciliation.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), all issued statements Thursday night decrying the decision, which determined that the minimum wage hike is not “budget-related” and cannot be pushed through using “reconciliation” — a parliamentary technique that gives the Senate the ability to pass a “budget-related” bill with a simple majority rather than a filibuster-proof one.
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