Senate rejects Sanders’ $15 minimum wage bid, braces for long-haul haggling on COVID-19 relief
By Steven Nelson and Laura Italiano | New York Post The Senate voted 58-42 Friday night to reject Sen. Bernie Sanders’ effort to add a $15 minimum wage provision to President Biden’s $1.9 million COVID-19 relief bill, and is now poised to work well into Saturday in an all-night marathon of haggling over the massive measure. The so-called “vote-a-rama” — during which senators can offer […]
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