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Senate Pushback to $15 Minimum Wage Threatens Covid Relief Bill
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5:44Now PlayingHouse Democrats released a new version of the Covid-19 aid bill that includes fresh spending items, adding to lawmakers’ task of reconciling the legislation with the $1.889 trillion cap Congress set earlier this month.
The House Rules Committee, the last panel in the chamber to finish its work before the legislation goes to the floor, published the new bill text on Wednesday. It includes three new categories of spending not in the other committees’ legislation -- which itself exceeded the $1.889 trillion limit. Lawmakers will need to address the discrepancies before the bill can pass.
The House will vote on the floor Friday on President Joe Biden’s aid bill, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday night. The Senate is expected to make its own changes to the House version -- possibly including a tweak or removal of a phased-in hike in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. That would require another House vote; Democratic leaders want final passage by March 14.
Biden is planning to role out his longer-term economic growth program after the pandemic-relief bill is completed. It’s designed to include infrastructure and clean-energy initiatives among its components.
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