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Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders' $15 Minimum Wage Amendment

Jerry Moran, a Republican from Kansas and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, from right, Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, and ranking member Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, talk before a confirmation hearing on January 27, 2021.

'Shameful': Millionaire Senators Vote Against Popular Minimum Wage Raise That Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), worth more than $10 million, was one of eight Democrats to vote against including a federal minimum wage increase in the Senate's coronavirus relief package. (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/AFP via Getty Images)

"It is despicable and unacceptable that there is not unanimous support among Democrats in Congress for a $15 minimum wage," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

'It Has to Go': The Demand to End Filibuster Intensifies in US Senate

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Sens. Tina Smith (D-Minn) (L) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) have called for an end to the filibuster. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

"The filibuster didn't come from the Constitution, or from our founders,"...

House Progressives Urged to 'Wield Their Power' to Fight Senate Sabotage of Covid-19 Relief Bill

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Service industry workers listen to remarks and hold up signs during a rally on January 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

"Democrats as a whole will pay the electoral price if they fail. The costs will...

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'We Need to Make Sure It's Done Right': Peace Advocates Welcome Biden Move to Limit War Powers

'We Need to Be on a War Footing': Head of WHO Calls for Vaccine Patent Waivers to Halt Pandemic

'They Should Be Ashamed': With Jobless Benefits to Expire in 9 Days, Republicans Pull Out All Stops to Obstruct Relief Bill

ACLU to Biden: Do Not 'Review' Drone Killing Program—End It Once and for All

Award-Winning Playwright, Longtime Common Dreams Contributor Bill C. Davis Dies at 69

'Good Jobs for All': Sunrise Movement Launches Campaign to Fight Climate Crisis With Work Guarantee

'Stop Nickel and Diming the American People': Anger Grows as Dems Move to Deny Relief Checks to 17 Million

Bernie Sanders Slams Ron Johnson After Republican Forces Reading of 628-Page Coronavirus Relief Bill on Senate Floor

'We Need to Remain Vigilant': Health Experts Warn Rollback of Covid Restrictions Threatens Life-Saving Gains

FBI Urged to Probe Corrupt Vaccine Favoritism by Florida's GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis

GOP Senators Opposed to Becerra for HHS Have Taken Nearly $10 Million From Big Pharma: Analysis

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