• neo [he/him]
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    6 hours ago

    HOLD UP! Would you take it a step further and say the party that just collectively shrugged and said "well that's that" when an unelected "parliamentarian" shows up out of nowhere to say $15/hr cannot be considered in a Senate bill might be considered feckless and ineffectual?

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    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he is disappointed in the decision and pledged to pursue other legislation to increase the minimum wage.

    "We are not going to give up the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 to help millions of struggling American workers and their families," Schumer said in a statement. "The American people deserve it, and we are committed to making it a reality."

    narrator voice: they gave up the fight immediately, because they never wanted to fight it in the first place.