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Bernie Sanders to Force Vote on $15 Minimum Wage Amendment
The senator made clear that he will continue pushing to raise the federal minimum wage if his amendment fails to pass.
CPAC Showed That Trump’s Personality Cult Is Still Alive — and Still a Threat
Trump’s financial interests clearly lie in milking the GOP faithful for all he can, as quickly as he can.
Biden’s Trade Rep Nominee Backs Policies That Hinder Global Vaccine Distribution
Katherine Tai acknowledged that current trade policies favored corporations but declined to commit to reforming them.
$15 Minimum Wage Is Dead for Now, Thanks to Democrats Manchin and Sinema
The Senate still has options to push it through, but centrist Democrats don’t want to buck procedure to make it happen.
Progressives Dismayed Over Biden-Harris’s Unwillingness to Push $15 Minimum Wage
Advocates of the wage hike warn that the administration's refusal to support it could hurt the Democrats in 2022.
Trump’s Allies Are the Defining Force of CPAC This Year
Donald Trump's allies are still playing an outsize role in this year’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
The $15 Minimum Wage Isn’t Dead. Here’s How Democrats Can Still Get It Done.
When the Senate parliamentarian ruled against GOP tax cuts in 2001, Republicans fired him and passed the cuts anyway.
Rep. Mary Miller’s Husband Owns Three Percenters Truck Seen at Capitol Breach
Rep. Mary Miller is infamous for quoting Hitler at a Trump rally on January 5.
Sanders Blasts Parliamentarian’s Ruling Dropping Wage Hike From COVID Bill
Sanders lambasted Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s decision that the wage raise was against the rules.
Big Tech Shouldn’t Be the Arbiter of Our Free Speech Rights
Corporations mustn't be designated gatekeepers with the power to decide who gets to communicate and who doesn’t.