Minimum Wage

Romney, Sinema join forces to raise federal minimum wage

Sens. Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema are working together on a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage after congressional Democrats failed to include a $15-an-hour hike in their coronavirus relief bill last month.

$15 minimum wage loses eight Democratic votes in Senate

Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough last week ruled against a proposal to include the wage hike in Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, but Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced an amendment that needed votes from all 50 Senate Democrats and at least 10 Republicans to pass.