Kamala Harris Hints She May Overrule Senate Parliamentarian

"Vice President Kamala Harris has been under pressure from progressives to ignore the Senate parliamentarian and keep the $15 an hour minimum wage in the Covid relief bill, and a CNN reporter’s account of a recent radio interview makes it sound like she’s considering it. But is she really?

Progressives like Elizabeth Warren to Cenk Uygur is calling on VP Harris to ignore Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s ruling that the $15 an hour minimum wage provision does not meet the requirements for inclusion in a reconciliation bill — the process that would allow the bill to pass with only 50 votes instead of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster."*

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[alabastergreen]

I'm found that when a politician begins their answer with "well look", "well listen" or "the thing is" they are most likely about to spit out some bs

[christyadams]

Can we start paying congressional people the federal minimum wage? Makes sense right?

[lawrencemckeon]

American 'democracy' is infuriating.

[Ronin]

Biden doesn’t want the $15 min wage....never did!!

[marieo.bruneau]

Rich people gets richer and poor people gets poorer.

[irishlady]

The past 4 years all the people have heard is just vote n give us the edge...
The people voted, and we hear, "let the people decide", we decide, then its "all we need is the majority "...
How many times do you need to hear what the people want, before we're really

[LauraSanchez-fpsx]

I did realize that minimum wage was 7.25 per hour. Because in my state they are transitioning to 15 dollars per hr. We need to start kicking out politicians that don’t do their jobs.

[crazyman]

"I could, but I don't want to, because I've been paid not to." 🤑

[clentonweston]

They ALL (Dems and Reps) work together for the same cause and that's Corporate America 🇺🇸!!!

[thebigpicture]

She was likely told not to do it by whoever is pulling the strings.

[mikejunior]

So if she's not going to give up the fight and has knowledge of the issue's seriousness then why is she listening to an unelected nobody like the Senate Parliamentarian?

[eduardoquirino]

the VP should do it. the needs of the American People far outweighs the needs of Congress or even the President.

[nickfury]

They never had any intention of raising it to $15 an hour. It was a lie to begin with. People cant be this naive to believe anything these people say.

[TheWrightGroupSEO]

Told you all she will fold. A VP just for show🤬🤬🤬🤬

[rayzor]

Biden & Kamala need to be asked why are you not overriding the parliamentarian when you have the power to do so, and that's the only question that should be repeated over and over again

[TinaMarieLouise]

Democrats are not standing up for what they were voted in to do. It’s very disappointing.... If they continue on this track I will never vote for the Democratic Party again.

[MrHarleyBear]

Sad to see how we are being let down now! Be well now!

[stefanrijos]

I don’t like how Harris doesn’t answer questions.

[andreav]

She’s so bad at spinning that question. Good lord 😂

[hpolo]

stop saying OVERRULE. OVERRULE implies the parliamentarian has power, which she does not. they simply need to IGNORE her.