The eight Democrats who voted 'no' on $15 minimum wageThe Hill, Mar 5, 2021
One of President Biden’s top policy goals, an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, suffered a big setback Friday when eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted against it.
An effort by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to waive a procedural objection to adding the $15 minimum wage to a COVID-19 relief package was resoundingly defeated by a vote of 58-42 in which seven Democrats and one independent joined all 50 Republicans.
Here are the eight members of the Senate Democratic Conference who voted against the $15 minimum wage:
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