Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown
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Speak to host Chuck Todd
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“Democrats are unanimous about giving them a raise,” Brown said on Sunday. ‘We are going to increase wages. We will find a way to do that. We will make efforts; we’ll find a way to do that. It’s just too important not to. ‘
“We will figure out a way to do this, because once again the Democrats are united in raising wages. The business elite, the far-right elite in Washington have blocked it year after year after year after year, and we are going to make sure that it happens., ”he added.
The comments come when the Senate MP this week dealt a blow to progressives by ruling that the measure could not be included in the Democrats’ COVID-19 package if it went through the process of budget reconciliation, requiring just 51 votes. are to pass legislation. Some members of the House have called for Vice President Kamala Harris
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Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking and Housing Committee, added in the interview that Democrats had a responsibility to pass on a large COVID-19 aid package and not give in to calls from Republicans to scrap the bill in exchange for their support.
[W]We cannot fail here, ”he said. We have to grow up with wages, with help for people, with money in people’s pockets, and … [getting] workers in these jobs. “