Jan 16 at 2PM - Led by Bernie Sanders, Democrats Introduce $15 Minimum Wage Bill

[Donkees]

Scheduled for Jan 16, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Ranking Member of Senate HELP Committee Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) unveil the Raise the Wage Act. The Raise the Wage Act would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 and give roughly 40 million Americans a raise.

[Power 2 the People]

1. Keep fighting for us Bernie!!!

[George II]

2. Wrong. The "Raise the Wage Act" was introduced by PA Senator Bob Casey almost 4 years ago....

....with 32 co-sponsors. Sanders was not among them.

https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/senator-casey-introduces-raise-the-wage-act-to-help-workers-economy

Here are the co-sponsors:

Patty Murray (D-WA)
Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Ed Markey (D-MA)
Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Gary Peters (D-MI)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Al Franken (D-MN)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Tom Udall (D-NM)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

[oasis]

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