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The Senate unanimously passed a Republican amendment on Thursday that seeks to prevent Democrats from doing something they never wanted to do: double the minimum wage to $15 an hour during the pandemic.
In effect, Democrats, as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, joined with Republicans to drive the fact home.
Rather than double the federal minimum wage before the pandemic ends, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are proposing to raise it gradually to $15 an hour by 2025 as part of their $1.9 trillion stimulus package.
The amendment from Sen. Joni Ernst, an details ⇒
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