Posted on Feb 27, 2021
Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?
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The Senate parliamentarian, a critical but often low-profile arbiter of the chamber's procedural actions, is the subject of frustration from some liberals after a crucial blow to Democrats' agenda late Thursday.
Elizabeth MacDonough is the unelected, nonpartisan interpreter of chamber rules, commonly referred to as the Senate referee. She nixed a Democratic push to add a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage increase to President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, dubbed the American Rescue Plan.
The reason?
She said it did not meet the strict requirements of reconciliation, a fast-track process that allows the majority party to pass big-ticket legislation with a simple 51-vote majority.
Elizabeth MacDonough is the unelected, nonpartisan interpreter of chamber rules, commonly referred to as the Senate referee. She nixed a Democratic push to add a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage increase to President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, dubbed the American Rescue Plan.
The reason?
She said it did not meet the strict requirements of reconciliation, a fast-track process that allows the majority party to pass big-ticket legislation with a simple 51-vote majority.
Who Is The Senate Parliamentarian Who Ruled Against A Minimum Wage Increase?
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Again, who am I to comment pro or con unless I can also read the bill AND how she interpreted the parliamentarian rules? Both Democrats and Republicans read and understood. She's been doing this job since 2012.
So, plan B? What's next on the Biden administration agenda?
So, plan B? What's next on the Biden administration agenda?
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SGM Robert Murray I'm Sure She is Quite Talented at Pissing Off those on Both Sides of the Aisle depending on what day it is. LOL!
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We live in a dynastic oligarchy made up of some 47 super rich kings and some 130 billionaire princes who rule for the most part and own the main stream news media. The June 2020 homeless count found 66,400 people living on the streets, in a shelter, or in their cars and in LA, up 12.7 percent.
The richest one tenth of one percent of Americans own 17% of stocks
The richest 1% own 50% of stocks
The bottom 50% own 0.7% of stocks
From 1979 to 2019:
• wages for the top 0.1% grew more than twice as fastThe top 1.0% saw their wages grow by 160.3%; and
• In contrast, those in the bottom 90% had annual wages grow by 26.0% .
And public schools are merely public indoctrination camps.
If worker compensation had kept up with productivity gains since 1968, the current minimum wage would be more than $24.00 an hour.
The richest one tenth of one percent of Americans own 17% of stocks
The richest 1% own 50% of stocks
The bottom 50% own 0.7% of stocks
From 1979 to 2019:
• wages for the top 0.1% grew more than twice as fastThe top 1.0% saw their wages grow by 160.3%; and
• In contrast, those in the bottom 90% had annual wages grow by 26.0% .
And public schools are merely public indoctrination camps.
If worker compensation had kept up with productivity gains since 1968, the current minimum wage would be more than $24.00 an hour.
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