Progressives Call on White House to Overrule Senate Rules-Keeper
- Letter cites past precedent in appeal to Biden and Harris
- White House officials have said Biden won’t go against ruling
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Progressive members of Congress sent President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris a letter demanding that they set aside the ruling of the Senate Parliamentarian and include a minimum-wage increase in the Covid-19 relief package.
“Eighty-one million people cast their ballots to elect you on a platform that called for a $15 minimum wage,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter. “We urge you to keep that promise and call on the presiding officer of the Senate to refute the Senate parliamentarian’s advice.”