| Trumpstyle said: Turns out a lot more senate democrats were against $15 hour minimum wage. Bernie Sanders offered an amendment to try get this into the Covid bill even though it would violate the byrd rule.
Note that Angus King is a independent senator that always vote with the Democrats. |
It is difficult to say if this means that these individuals are against the $15 minimum wage or simply against the amendment. As adding this amendment would require the bill to get 60 votes due to the decision of the parliamentarian, there are significant reasons to vote "No" even if you agree with the provision behind it. For example, Sinema, one of the key votes in this whole deal released a statement which essentially said that she doesn't support this because she believes it should be handled outside of the Covid bill. Now, that may very well be a fairly poor shield for her decision to vote "No", but I don't believe that we can assume all of these individuals would vote "No" on a stand alone bill as a result of this action.
