How the Minimum Wage Meeting Went

Punchbowl News: “Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) clashed over the amount by which Congress should increase the minimum wage, with Sanders arguing for $15 per hour, while Manchin remained set on $11. Neither budged at all, our sources told us, even arguing at one point over the cost of living in West Virginia.”

“Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) discussed her previous support for indexing minimum wage in Arizona. She suggested an immediate raise in the federal minimum to $11 per hour, which when indexed, would be worth roughly $15 by 2024. Sanders didn’t like this idea either.”