The Democrats’ proposal to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 by not allowing it to go through the same project that includes the 1.9 billion dollar pandemic aid plan.
The Senate’s official assessor on rules and procedures, Elizabeth MacDonough, determined that the inclusion of the minimum wage increase in the same package should be contrary to the procedures of the prescription.
The Democrats want to approve the economic aid package for the pandemic, and this process by the cue is likely to have a simple majority in the Senate (50 more) the vote, on which all the attention will be focused on MacDonouhg’s decision.
The Democrats plan that the bill pass by the Chamber are you happy, in order to be approved expeditiously by the Senate and be in the office of the President, Joe Biden, in March.
[El plan de estímulo de Biden con cheques de $1,400 avanza en semana clave en el Congreso: esto es lo que incluye hasta ahora]
Probe ban, until the moment, no republican has expressed his support for the legislation, it is necessary that the Democrats only maintain the Mayor of the Chamber of Deputies for a while.
The bill of lads includes direct checks of $ 1,400 and increases with initials of up to $ 75,000 annually, and aids of up to $ 3,600 per year. The mayoral opposition of the Republicans, which includes the division of the Democrats, is proposing to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, a decision that, arguing, pays the small business of the country.
The High School, the Leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, made sure he had nothing to do with what the Republicans agreed with. The leader of the Senate minority, Mitch McConnell, has also said that the current legislation is “tens of millions of dollars for favorite projects without a pizzeria of relevance to the pandemic or recovery”.
At a press conference this week, McConnell said he had not met with any member of the Chamber who supported the legislation, which was considered “costly, badly corrupted and liberal”.
[Sí, aumentar el salario mínimo a $15 sacaría de la pobreza a casi un millón de personas]
Republicans have called attention to key projects in districts and democratic states that are receiving financial assistance through the plan. For example, a $ 100 million transit project in the native state of the Chamber of Deputies President Nancy Pelosi and the 1.5 million dollars contemplated by Puente Seaway International north of New York.
Ambos infrastructure projects he side defended the Democrats, according to CNN, who argued that the huge gains taken by the people had reduced the number of pandemics.
In order to approve the plan, the Democrats will use a conciliation process as a precautionary reconciliation. It will allow the legislation to be mediated by a simple majority vote, instead of requiring 60 votes and, therefore, the support of the Republicans.
All the attention is focused on Elizabeth MacDonough, the functionary encapsulates the rules and procedures in the Senate, without a partisan role, which decides that the legislation does not comply with the criteria for recourse to the presbytery conciliation. Its provisions are that it can not be used for legislation that increases deficits in large places or that it has a significant pre-emptive effect.
It is MacDonough’s responsibility to decide whether the proposal to increase the minimum wage can be continued in the legislation, or should be eliminated.
[Los republicanos agotan las posibilidades para frenar el cada vez más popular plan de estímulo de Biden]
Two Democrats in Senado, Joe Manchin III in Kyrsten Cinema, he said to oppose the legislation if the increase in the minimum wage is not eliminated. Geen hindernis, Manchin se dicho dispuesto a vota a favor increasto más bajo, de 11 o 12 dólares.
On the other hand, if MacDonough indicated that the bill should be passed by the legislature, it is likely that the Democrats will vote in favor of a separate bill, according to CNN. The decision of the parliament must be able to convince these Jews.
“The president is proposing a minimum wage increase in his package, so it’s he who is in the final package,” said Jen Psaki, secretary of the Casa Blanca. “We have also been in the Senate for 36 years and have a great deal of respect for the parliamentary process. Let’s log on. Once it has been concluded that we can all talk more about the next steps “.
With information from CNN, The Washington Post and The Associated Press.