Manchin "said he'd prefer to see a $300 benefit in response to criticism that some laid-off workers could end up making more money on unemployment than they would on the job"—a right-wing talking point "

“If people keep saying all the crazy kinds of stuff they’ve been saying on the news lately about walls and Muslims, they’re going to force me into the political arena,” Smith said in 2015.

"The American people want to see that minimum wage raised," Sanders continued. "Let me be very clear—if we fail in this legislation, I will be back."

"The Senate parliamentarian's advice is just that—advice," Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.

Hail Satan

sound like contradictory statements?

contradictory? I thought it was bipartisan... you can do what you want and he will support either... or is that not what bipartisan means...

demand that they do the work of 2 people

Most employers do already. The 'cost efficiency' helps them make more profits for their shareholders. If it is going to be $10 with: 4 scheduled breaks and a lunch hour, 4 weeks holiday per year, maternity leave, healthcare with vision and dental, etc,etc... and a union, like they have in most civilized countries, then I am all for it.

Biden: "It's not up to me to decide whether anyone should join a union"

"I made it clear when I was running that my administration's policy would be to support unions organizing and the right to collectively bargain," he added.

"With all due respect," echoed N.Y. State Sen. Liz Krueger, "you can't pick a federal judge who works with your good friend and decide that that's going to be the investigator"

"If you were writing a Dickensian novel, it would be about millions of desperately poor people being promised a $15 starvation wage, and then watching their millionaire senators tell them that a parliamentary adviser in the palace said no."

"Walmart, the largest employer in America, is owned by the richest family in America. Their wealth has gone up $50 billion during the pandemic, and they spend millions on themselves. But the company they own starts workers off at $11 an hour. That is outrageous. "

- Bernie Sanders

"Early this morning," tweeted former labor secretary Robert Reich on Saturady, "just 15 days before jobless aid runs out for tens of millions during the worst pandemic in a century, the House voted 219-212 to pass Biden's American Rescue Plan.