Vote-A-Rama is over in the Senate, and there is some good news, and some bad news. Democrats approved President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but failed to support raising the minimum wage to $15 hour. The New York Times reports, Senate Votes Against Minimum Wage Increase During Pandemic as Biden’s Economic Plan Moves Forward: Senate lawmakers … Read more
Mitch McConnell and his gang of Rethuglican senators will revive his “total obstruction” policy from the Obama era today out of retaliation for President Biden and Democratic leaders not capitulating to their bad faith weak-ass counterproposal for COVID-19 economic relief by attempting to sabotage the budget reconciliation process for the Democratic COVID-19 economic relief bill. Why … Read more
The Federal Minimum Wage needs to be increased. States like Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (surprising,) South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia (again surprising,) Wisconsin (ouch, one of the birthplaces of Progressivism,) and Wyoming all subscribe to the current federal minimum wage which has … Read more
President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order that aims to transform the Federal Governments’ fleet of motor vehicles to all-electric fueling engines. The President also wants to increase tax incentives and rebates for customers to buy electric vehicles. He has talked about building more than half a million electric vehicle charging stations across the … Read more
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who likes to fancy himself a “moderate” deal maker – even though he has never negotiated any deal to my knowledge – should be looking over his shoulder at Democrat-turned- Republican Governor Jim Justice, who is decidedly more progressive in his views than is Joe Manchin. He could take your Senate … Read more