Would progressives support Covid relief package if minimum wage is taken out? Depends on how
CNN
As Congress waits for the parliamentarian to rule on whether the $15 minimum wage can be included in the reconciliation package, the question becomes what progressives will do if their long fought for provision is taken out.
Although the decision about the minimum wage will most likely not be made before the House votes on the full Covid package on Friday, if the parliamentarian ultimately rules that a $15 pay minimum has to be removed, the bill would likely go back to the House and face another vote, forcing progressives to come to terms with what they're comfortable with. Progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told CNN that she would still support the Covid relief package if the parliamentarian is the one to take it out, but not if politicians negotiate it out.President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
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