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Report: Biden Administration Abandoning $15 Minimum Wage Over Worries It ‘Wont Survive’ COVID Talks

Emily Zanotti
Report: Biden Administration Abandoning $15 Minimum Wage Over Worries It ‘Wont Survive’ COVID Talks
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The Biden White House is reportedly giving up on a federal minimum wage hike out of fear the measure will make the COVID-19 relief bill unpalatable to moderate Democrats and some Republicans, leaving the administration struggling to make good on a primary campaign promise.

President Joe Biden insists that his administration is in line with progressive, however, who have been demanding the administration “Fight for $15,” and that a measure hiking the federal minimum wage will come later.

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