After a week of negotiations w/ the Senate Parliamentarian - Sen. Bernie Sanders tells CNN:

[Donkees]

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[Laelth]

1. Well done, Bernie. Thank you.

We need a $15 minimum wage, and reconciliation is the only way that we can get it.



-Laelth

[ancianita]

45. Ditto!

Whew! I did a double take that you're back, and am so glad you're better now!

[Laelth]

46. Thanks. Yes. We're doing much better. n/t

-Laelth

[Thekaspervote]

2. Go Bernie!!

[Greybnk48]

3. Bernie is right where he should be!

[Laelth]

5. Chair of Budget!

That makes me giggle every time I think about it because I KNOW that it’s got to burn the Republicans to their evil, greedy cores.



-Laelth

[Greybnk48]

7. I know, right!

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Joe Manchin says no

[Laelth]

6. This is going to be a serious problem if he continues to obstruct.

Something will have to be done.

-Laelth

[Fullduplexxx]

9. Dems would risk losing the senate. Hopefully the dems will gain more senate Seats

In the congressional elections then joe can be stripped of every committee he's on.

[Laelth]

12. There are a number of options.

Biden deployed VP Harris to WV to compel Manchin’s support for the ARP. That worked, but more pressure will have to be applied if this pattern of obstruction continues. Again, we have a number of options.

-Laelth

[Fullduplexxx]

13. I was told in a thread above that if the parliamentarian okayed it Joe wouldn't stop it

So there's also hope there

[Laelth]

16. I saw that. It gives me hope as well. n/t

-Laelth

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Manchin should be forced to vote on it, regardless of his Sabre rattling

If he wants to effectively end his senate career in 2024 with this single vote, that’s his choice, but his constituents are watching...

[Fullduplexxx]

20. Their giving him grief about too

[BobTheSubgenius]

32. Hopefully, that would be accomplished by primarying him.

NOT voted out of office, because obviously.

[moonscape]

38. No other dem could win in WVa. We're

lucky to have him.

[cstanleytech]

42. "We're lucky to have him." True, we could do alot worse however we could also do better and I would

not object to some other Democrat winning the nomination in WV if they have a better shot at it and are more willing to work with the Democrats to help the people in this country more than Joe is willing to do.

[cilla4progress]

22. Such as...

statehood for DC and Puerto Rico!!!




You out of the woods, Laelth?

Any suggestions on who to donate to? I give to Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen on a regular schedule. Anything you are seeing on the ground there that would be a good place to donate?

Good to see you here...!

[Laelth]

26. We've got electricity.

We still don’t have running water, but we hope to by the end of the day. The high temp is expected to be 43 degrees. That’s plenty to thaw us out, but our PVC pipe for water coming in to the trailer is busted. Mercifully, the park crew is working on that now.

Thanks for asking.

-Laelth

[cilla4progress]

27. Glad to hear

things are improving!

Will keep you and your daughter in my heart!

[Laelth]

28. Thanks! n/t

-Laelth

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. Excellent, excellent news!

I was quite upset by your OP that announced the emergency. It sounded so bleak...but that was then and this is now. And now, I'm heartened!

[Laelth]

37. Thanks! Yes, we are quite relieved. n/t

-Laelth

[Grasswire2]

43. Statehood for DC and Puerto Rico would solve everything.

And restoring the balance of SCOTUS would cap it all.

[Laelth]

44. I favor all three of those options. n/t

-Laelth

[dsc]

8. actually he said he wouldn't over rule the parlimentarian

if the parlimentarian said it couldn't be in the bill. He is also opposed to that level minimum wage but this bill would have lots of stuff in it so who knows what his vote would wind up being.

[Fullduplexxx]

11. Oh that's new to me but that's good news . There's some hope thanks

[rgbecker]

10. Finally someone pushing for the workers heading the Budget Committee! n/t

[JoeOtterbein]

14. K n R ! Thanks for posting!

Go Bernie!

[vishnura]

15. Bernie is The Man!

[KS Toronado]

17. Wonder how Qpublicans will spin this as evil Socialism?

[ancianita]

18. Given WV's social media & public pressure on him to vote for the $15, he's going to do it, imo.

[MissMillie]

21. Creates new tax payers

Minimum wage (one full-time job) doesn't earn a worker enough to pay Federal Income tax.

[cilla4progress]

23. Excellent point!

Thanks!

[LymphocyteLover]

24. it's such a dumb argument to say the minimum wage doesn't affect the federal budget

[BobTheSubgenius]

34. It IS!

Almost everything affects it, some much more measurable and/or predictable than others.

[Lucinda]

25. KNR

[Jon King]

29. Dems must shower good governance on the people...

Keep pushing everything helpful to working people and families possible, let the Repubs howl and scream about it.

The voters can then decide in 2022 and 2024 what they prefer.

[marieo1]

30. Way to go Bernie........

Way to go, Bernie........Please keep fighting for us. Thank You and Blessings to you!!

[marieo1]

31. Way to go Bernie........

Way to go, Bernie........Please keep fighting for us. Thank You and Blessings to you!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. I confess to some surprising ignorance here.

NOT that it is that shocking for me to be ignorant of any given thing...but Senate Parliamentarian is kind of a significant entity to know absolutely nothing about, including its existence.

Makes a lot of sense, though. It two sides are dug in over a particular issue, there needs to be an arbiter. I don't know why I never considered that before.

[Donkees]

41. It was members of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough's staff who safeguarded the electoral

It was members of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough's staff who safeguarded the electoral votes from the insurrectionists.
https://finance.yahoo.com/finance/news/photos-women-saving-ballot-boxes-152742454.html

[msongs]

36. make it $11 for WVA and $15 for everyone else. that will make manchin happy nt

[Yeehah]

39. Thank you, Senator Sanders!

I'm happy someone has not forgotten the working man.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

40. Bernie fighting Republican hypocrisy on behalf of workers.

KY............

[live love laugh]

47. I wish he'd make the minimum $20-that's what it should be after

stalls for more than a decade—and; I would love to see the RepubliQan heads explode

[twodogsbarking]

48. Bernie has spent most of his life working to help

people he doesn't even know. This is class; high class.

[Jay25]

49. Thank you, Bernie.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. This stunt has never worked in the past

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