Sanders confident of raising minimum wage as part of $1.9tn Covid package
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5EEDX)
- Senate budget chair says reconciliation process will apply
- Republicans have vowed to oppose raising wage to $15 an hour
Bernie Sanders said on Saturday he was confident Senate Democrats will be able to raise the US minimum wage to $15, a step firmly opposed by Republicans but a key part of the Biden administration's $1.9tn coronavirus relief package.
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