Sanders' minimum-wage effort looks doomed as Covid relief votes go through night
by Lauren Gambino and Joan E Greve in Washington and from on (#5F0A5)
Biden's $1.9tn relief package struggles through Senate but majority leaders vows passage however long it takes'
A fiery speech and last-ditch effort by Bernie Sanders to secure a place for a federal minimum wage hike in the $1.9tn coronavirus relief package appeared as good as doomed on Friday, following a day that saw the flagship legislation hit grinding delays in the Senate.
Senate leaders and moderate Democratic senator Joe Manchin struck a deal late on Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam.
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