Manchin Backing $11 Federal Minimum Wage to Break Impasse Over Biden’s $15 Proposal

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to a reporter outside the Senate Chamber on Feb. 13, 2021. Greg Nash/pool/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is pushing to amend the CCP virus stimulus package to mandate an $11 federal minimum wage, down from the $15 per hour minimum proposed by President Joe Biden.

Biden’s package needs Manchin’s vote to pass via budget reconciliation without Republican support. But the Democrat has indicated he would not approve a minimum wage hike to $15.