Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell BrownSunday shows the preview: 2024 candidates meet at CPAC; House passes coronavirus relief; the vaccine effort continues Democrats: the minimum wage is not the only problem facing parliamentarian Menendez. MOST (D) promised on Sunday that Democrats would “find a way” to approve an increase in the federal minimum wage after the Senate MP determined that the clause could not be included in a $ 1.9 COVID-19 aid package. trillion set to approve the reconciliation chamber’s budget.
Talking to the host Chuck Todd
Charles (Chuck) David ToddTrudeau praises Biden: ‘It’s great to see America reengage’ Teacher union president: ‘No perfect solution’ to reopen schools Democrats in Congress say Trump’s absolution was a foregone conclusion MORE on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Brown explained that the Senate Democratic bench was “united” in its goal of raising the minimum wage, although senators like Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin
Joseph (Joe) ManchinProgressives rages at Senate setbacks Politics, not racism or sexism, explains opposition to House Democrats from Biden Cabinet nominees approve .9T COVID-19 relief bill with minimum wage increase MOST (DW.V.) indicated opposition to seeing the increase to $ 15 an hour.
“Democrats are united in giving a raise,” Brown said on Sunday. “We are going to raise wages. We are going to find a way to do this. We are going to try; we are going to find a way to do it. It is very important not to do it.”
“We are going to find a way to do this because, once again, the Democrats are united in raising wages. The corporate elite, the far-right elite in Washington blocked this year after year after year after year after year, and we are going to make it happen, “he added.
The comments were made at the time the Senate parliamentarian struck a blow at the progressives this week by deciding that the measure could not be included in the Democrats’ COVID-19 package if it passed the budgetary reconciliation process, which requires only 51 votes to pass legislation. Some members of the Chamber appealed to the vice president Kamala Harris
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Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking and Housing Committee, added in the interview that Democrats have a responsibility to approve a major COVID-19 aid package and not give in to calls from Republicans to cut important parts of the bill in exchange for their support. .
“[W]”We cannot fall short here,” he said. “We need to grow with salaries, with help for people, with money in people’s pockets and … [getting] workers in those jobs. “