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Progressives May Delay Sending $1,400 Stimulus Checks in Fight for Minimum Wage Hike - Newsweek

Progressives May Delay Sending $1,400 Stimulus Checks in Fight for Minimum Wage Hike - Newsweek

Progressives May Delay Sending $1,400 Stimulus Checks in Fight for Minimum Wage Hike - Newsweek
Feb 28, 2021 48 secs

House progressives may delay Congress in passing Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package—which includes the highly-anticipated $1,400 relief checks—to keep the $15 minimum wage hike in the sprawling bill.

Progressive lawmakers on Friday warned Democratic leadership that they could withhold their vote for the legislation if the Senate removes the wage increase.

If we as a party decide to stand down on our promise of elevating the minimum wage, I think that's extraordinarily spurious and it's something that as a party we could have a further conversation about how to fight for it," Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, after suggesting that progressives should pressure party leaders by withholding their votes in the same way that moderate Democrats have done in opposing the package.

The aid legislation now advances to the Senate, where the $15 minimum wage hike is expected to be amended.

The House bill includes increasing the federal minimum wage by 2025, a measure strongly opposed by Republicans and a few moderate Democrats.

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