{"id":182853,"date":"2021-02-28T23:45:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T04:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=182853"},"modified":"2021-02-28T23:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T04:45:38","slug":"reports-dems-abandoning-idea-of-work-around-wage-hike-in-stimulus-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-dems-abandoning-idea-of-work-around-wage-hike-in-stimulus-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Dems Abandoning Idea Of Work-Around Wage Hike In Stimulus Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freports-dems-abandoning-idea-of-work-around-wage-hike-in-stimulus-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=182853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Minimum-wage-protestor.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Senate Democrats have reportedly decided to abandon an idea to increase the federal minimum wage through the House-passed $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, a decision that was made after some Democrats briefly considered enacting a work-around wage hike that would comply with the Senate\u2019s complicated rules for passing the stimulus bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Wall Street Journal, citing three people familiar with the matter,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/covid-19-relief-bill-heads-to-senate-as-democrats-face-emerging-divisions-11614542698?mod=hp_listb_pos2\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a> <span>Sunday evening that Democrats will no longer seek to use tax penalties or other options to compel companies into paying a higher minimum wage. Two of the people familiar with the plan told the WSJ that the decision was made to get the bill passed more quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/02\/26\/wyden-sanders-minimum-wage-tax-penalties\/\"><span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span>, which cited two congressional aides, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was exploring Friday the idea of raising the wages through tax penalties, but it was unclear whether Democrats would support it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier this week, the Senate parliamentarian tossed cold water on President Joe Biden\u2019s idea of passing a $15 minimum wage hike through the stimulus bill, saying that the wage hike as written didn\u2019t follow the rules of the Senate reconciliation process. Democrats will need to rely on reconciliation, a maneuver with complex rules that involves fast-tracking legislation related to the budget, to pass a bill without Republican support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) still included the $15 minimum wage hike in the House-passed version of the legislation, dubbed the American Rescue Plan, and some lawmakers were exploring options for keeping a wage hike in a Senate version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced Thursday that he would seek to write an<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sanders-suggests-removing-tax-deductions-for-large-companies-that-dont-pay-at-least-15-an-hour\"><span>amendment to the stimulus bill<\/span><\/a> <span>that would \u201c<\/span><span>take tax deductions away from large, profitable corporations that don\u2019t pay workers at least $15 an hour.\u201d Sanders also said that such an amendment would need to included in the reconciliation bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) revealed a work-around plan, which he called \u201cplan B,\u201d in a statement Friday: \u201cAs chair of the Finance Committee, I\u2019ve been working on a \u2018plan B\u2019 that would make big companies pay for mistreating their workers. My plan would impose a 5 percent penalty on a big corporations\u2019 total payroll if any workers earn less than a certain amount. That penalty would increase over time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAmerica can\u2019t continue to have millions of workers \u2014 workers who are disproportionately people of color and women, as well as essential workers like fast food workers and home health aides \u2014 earning starvation wages,\u201d said Wyden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post, citing two sources on the condition of anonymity, has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/02\/28\/minimum-wage-backup-plan-biden-stimulus\/\">reported<\/a> that Wyden and Sanders are walking back the idea.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear whether a work-around minimum wage increase would have garnered enough support among Democrats to pass in a Senate version of the bill. The House narrowly passed the legislation in a vote after midnight early Saturday morning 219-212, and two House Democrats ultimately voted against it. No Republicans voted in favor of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-dem-who-voted-against-1-9-trillion-stimulus-says-process-should-have-involved-republicans\">House Dem Who Voted Against $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Says Process Should Have Involved\u00a0Republicans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats have reportedly decided to abandon an idea to increase the federal minimum wage through the House-passed $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, a decision that was made after some Democrats &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274436,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Minimum-wage-protestor.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Reports: Dems Abandoning Idea Of Work-Around Wage Hike In Stimulus Bill","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Minimum-wage-protestor.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Reports: Dems Abandoning Idea Of Work-Around Wage Hike In Stimulus Bill","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}