Democrats Reveal $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Containing $15 Minimum Wage

(L-R) House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) attend an event to introduce the Raise The Wage Act in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 16, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

House Democrats released their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal which contains a controversial federally-imposed $15 per hour minimum wage.

In an attempt to bypass the necessity for Republican votes, Democrats are trying to push the bill through the budget reconciliation process.