HAS PASSED IN MANY STATES --
THIS IS SHORT-TERM THINKING BY
POSITIVE MEANING MEMBERS WHO MAY
NOT UNDERSTAND THE THINGS AT
PLAY IN THE SENATE.
>> SOME HAVE SAID, AND I GET
THIS, MOMENT WITH
PARLIAMENTARIAN HASN’T HAPPENED
UNTIL IT HAPPENS, SO GOING TO
LOBBY UP UNTIL THE MOMENT WHEN
THE MOMENT ON THE SENATE FLOOR
HAPPENS AND VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS HAS DECISION TO MAKE.
SO I GET, I THINK, WHY THEY’RE
CONTINUING TO PUT THE PRESSURE
ON, EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID THEY’RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.
BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO
HAVE A VOTE ON THE SENATE FLOOR
ON THE MINIMUM WAGE, AND BERNIE
SANDERS HAS TOLD US HOW.
TWEETED TONIGHT, THIS WEEK AS
PART OF THE RECONCILIATION BILL,
I WILL BE OFFERING AMENDMENT TO
RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN
HOUR.
AND JIM, THIS IS HOW WE EXPECT
IT TO PLAY IN THE SENATE.
CHUCK SCHUMER WON’T HAVE THE
MINIMUM WAGE IN THE BILL HE
BRINGS TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE HE
KNOWS HOW THE PARLIAMENTARIAN IS
GOING TO RULE.
SO WILL BE SANDERS AMENDMENT
OFFERED AND WILL TAKE 50 VOTES
TO PASS IT, PLUS VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS’S VOTE IF THEY GET THERE.
AND THAT WILL TELL YOU RIGHT
THERE IF THE DEMOCRATS CAN DO
IT.
>> YEP.
ABSOLUTELY, AND TO THAT I’D SAY
IT’S ABOUT DAMNED TIME SOMETHING
FIGURED OUT STRATEGY, TRY TO
MOVE THE AMENDMENT PROCESS.
I’M GLAD THAT SENATOR SANDERS
MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT
PIGGYBACKS OFF WHAT SENATOR
KENNEDY -- DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
ONE-OFF.
TACTICS TO PUT THE REPUBLICANS
ON THE DEFENSIVE AND CUT A DEAL.
MAYBE NOT $15, $12.50 OR
WHATEVER, PAIRED WITH TAX BREAKS
FOR THE WEALTHY.
BUT I WAS ENCOURAGED THAT
SENATOR SANDERS MADE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT, CAN ONLY
HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE FIRST OF
MANY ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND PUT
REPUBLICANS IN VERY DIFFICULT
POSITION BECAUSE AFTER ALL THIS
IS A PRETTY POPULAR POSITION, IN
MANY STATES, TRYING TO VOTE
AGAINST THE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE, JUST LIKE IT USED TO
HAPPEN.
>> AND THINK THE HOUSE MEMBERS
BY THIS TIME KNOW WHAT THEY’RE
DEALING WITH AND LIKELIHOOD, 1%
RANGE OF OVERRULING.
BUT AT THIS STAGE OF THE
ARGUMENT, SEEMS TO BE BEST WAY
TO KEEP THIS DISCUSSION ALIVE,
THE HOUSE WAY OF PUTTING
PRESSURES ON SENATORS, THEY’RE
HOPING THAT SOMEHOW THEY’RE
GOING TO DELIVER SOME KIND OF
PRESSURE, JOE MANCHIN AND
KYRSTEN SINEMA.
>> THIS IS THE SMART THING TO
DO, SOME IS LACK OF
UNDERSTANDING, SOME IS HOUSE’S
JOB.
NEEDS TO BE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE IN UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, LOST 18% OF ITS VALUE
SINCE LAST INCREASE.
IN MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC, LOST
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS
AND WHOLE FAMILIES SUPPORTED BY
ONE PERSON ON MINIMUM WAGE,
LEGITIMATE URGENCY HERE.
BUT HOUSE’S BEST OPTION IS
CONTINUE TO PRESSURE.
EVEN WITH UNREALISTIC IDEAS,
PRESSURE ON JOE BIDEN TO SAY
INCREMENTALISM IS NOT GETTING US
OUT OF THIS MESS.
DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT
INCREMENTIST, HE TORE DOWN
EVERYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTED
AND DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE BOARD