cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/916523

Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

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      2 years ago

      19 Democrat Senators oppose this? Nearly half of the “left-leaning” party opposes something THIS modest!?

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        Although not support has the same outcome, ut is not the same thing as oppose. They might not be in favor of it enough right now but willing to vote for it when the time comes.

        Not enough to get past the filibuster they won’t let go of for whatever bullhlshit reason though.

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        2 years ago

        What? My pandering politicians didn’t actually put their money where their mouth is?!? Gasp!

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      Oh wow. That’s way more than I thought there’d be. Why isn’t that in the article?

      I’m still disappointed it won’t pass though.

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      (Assuming numbers from parent comment are correct) To put another way: about 60% of Democrats in the Senate and 70% of them in the house.

      These account for 29% and 34% of the total House and Senate votes respectively.

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          What kills me is that I did more research verifying the actual numbers of Democrats and total number of people in the houses of Congress than it would have taken to read the article.

          Yet, I did not read the article.