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Pelosi: Democrats ‘Will Persist’ With Increasing Federal Minimum Wage

Pelosi: Democrats ‘Will Persist’ With Increasing Federal Minimum Wage
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds her weekly news conference one day after Congress passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-related stimulus package at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on March 11, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on March 11 that Democrats would continue to fight for raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour following a failed attempt to include it in President Joe Biden’s economic rescue plan.

Senate Democrats removed the proposal to raise the minimum wage from the rescue plan, after the Senate parliamentarian on Feb. 25 ruled that the provision wasn’t eligible to be included in the relief bill.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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