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Briahna Joy Gray, the former press secretary for Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersOvernight Health Care: Senate confirms Levine for HHS, first openly transgender official | Progressives up pressure on Biden to back COVID vaccine patent waiver | Former Operation Warp Speed chief fired over sexual harassment allegations Briahna Joy Gray: Progressives 'covering for the failures of the Biden administration' on minimum wage The Hill's Morning Report - Biden leans heavily into gun control MOREs (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, called out progressive lawmakers on Wednesday saying they have essentially been covering for the failures of President BidenJoe BidenSupreme Court will hear Boston bomber's death case if the Biden administration lets it The Hill's Morning Report - Biden tasks Harris on border; news conference today Democrats face questions over agenda MOREs administration on the $15 minimum wage effort.

Gray told Hill.TVs Rising that she wants more transparency from progressive lawmakers about why the $15 minimum wage did not make it in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, saying Democrats treated the Senate parliamentarian ruling as an insurmountable obstacle.

If I had my druthers, I would like the progressives in Congress to be a lot more clear and honest about whats going on there,Gray said. Because as it is, they are effectively, whether or not they are intending to, covering for the failures of the Biden administration and maintaining the fiction of Oh, we can try again down the line.

Without getting rid of the filibuster, theres really nothing thats going to change, she added. And this was really the best shot at getting a much-needed, sorely, sorely needed policy that really could have helped the long-term standing of the Democratic Party and made the prospect of the upcoming midterms a lot less dire.

The minimum wage provision was ultimately not included in the American Rescue Plan after the Senate parliamentarian ruled thatthat such a move would not work under special budget rules to prevent a filibuster.

After the ruling, the White House said Biden was disappointed but vowed to respect the ruling, despite progressive calls for the administration to overrule it.

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House Armed Services Committee member Ro Khanna argues the current minimum wage of $7.25 is not something Americans can survive on and a hike would improve productivity in the workforce.

Progressives Friday pushed for a $15 minimum wage, saying Democrats owe theirconstituentsa living wage this year, and if they don't deliver, it could cost them at the ballot box in 2022.

"We need to pass a $15 minimum wageby the end of the year, [and] it has to be part of must-pass legislation," said Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

Khanna organized a press call Friday with many progressiveDemocratic lawmakers, union leaders and activists who demandedthe $15 minimum wage despite setbacks earlier this year.

The wage increase passed the House in February as part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but the minimum wage provision was stripped out in the Senate due to parliamentary rules and lack of support from moderate Democrats.

PELOSI SAYS DEMS 'WILL PERSIST' ON $15 MINIMUM WAGE, DESPITE FAILURE TO GET IN COVID BILL

"The time is now," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib,D-Mich. "We have control of the House, the Senate [and] the presidency. My residents are tired of waiting. They cannot wait any longer for livable wages."

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., questions CDC Principal Deputy Secretary Dr. Anne Schuchat as she speaks before a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on lung disease and e-cigarettes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/And

Raising the minimum wage to $15 would impact nearly 32 million workers, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute. The majority -- or 59% -- of those who would benefit are women. The impact would be felt especially on women of color, who disproportionately work in low-wage jobs.

Activists saywomen, especially women of color, delivered the White House to President Biden and turned Georgia blue to give Democrats control of the Senate. Now they are counting on the wage increase for a lifeline, the Democrats say, after they've already been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

It's really important for us to recognize what the expectations of working people, particularly women and women of color are, and it's important for us to make sure that we're getting everything that we were promised,"saidRachel Carmona, executive director of the Women's March. "Because if we cant deliver a $15 minimum wage for women, then I'm not sure that women are going to deliver votes in 2022.

President Biden backs the $15 wage, but the challenge will be inthe Senate that is evenly split with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans.

The progressives were preaching a whatever-it-takes approach to get the wage hike through, from overruling the Senate parliamentarian in the future or getting rid of the filibuster to require just a simple majority to advance legislation in the Senate.

BERNIE SANDERS AMENDMENT FOR $15 MINIMUM WAGE FAILS IN SENATE IN LONGEST VOTE IN HISTORY

Earlier in March, when Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., forced a vote on whether towaive budget rules to insert the $15 minimum wage back into the coronavirus bill, he lost support from his own party.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., questions former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on

The federal minimum wage has not increased in more than a decade, although a growing number of states have voted to adopt their own wage increases.

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Raising the minimum wagefrom $7.25 to$15 an hour by 2025 would cost the economy about 1.4 million jobs and would lift 900,000 Americans out of poverty, according to arecent analysisby the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

FOXBusiness'Megan Henney contributed to this report.

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Stuart Applebaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), on Thursday said that Amazons claims that it is a progressive workplace are outrageous and tone deaf.

Hill.TVs Rising host Saagar Enjeti asked Applebaum what he made of a recent public spat between Rep. Mark PocanMark William PocanBattle heats up over Pentagon spending plans Overnight Defense: 50 House Democrats urge Biden to 'significantly' slash defense budget | Blinken, Austin put China on warning | Pentagon could extend Guard mission at border 50 House Democrats urge Biden to 'significantly' slash defense budget MORE (D-Ill.) and the Amazon News Twitter account.

The online squabble was sparked when Amazon's CEO of Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark tweeted, I often say we are the Bernie SandersBernie SandersOvernight Health Care: Senate confirms Levine for HHS, first openly transgender official | Progressives up pressure on Biden to back COVID vaccine patent waiver | Former Operation Warp Speed chief fired over sexual harassment allegations Briahna Joy Gray: Progressives 'covering for the failures of the Biden administration' on minimum wage The Hill's Morning Report - Biden leans heavily into gun control MORE of employers, but thats not quite right because we actually deliver a progressive workplace."

It's so outrageous, it's nonsense and it demonstrates how tone deaf Amazon is about what their own employees feel and think, Applebaum said. What Amazon is saying is, If we give people a $15 wage that gives us license to treat them any way we want to to disregard their health and safety to dehumanize them.

Applebaum argued that Amazon could not call itself a progressive workplace when taking into account its extraordinarily high turnover rate.

[Workers are] saying we can't take it no matter how much you pay us, he added.And let me also point out about pay ... that what Amazon pays is less than the median wage in Alabama, It's less than what workers get at other warehouses represented by the RWDSU in Alabama."

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Fox News contributor and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer on Wednesday predicted that Senate Democrats will move to nix the Senate filibuster on gun reform legislationafter multiple deadly mass shootings.

During an interview on Foxs Americas Newsroom, Fleischer, who served under former President George W. Bushs administration, said that gun control is one of the issues at the core of the Democratic Party.

I think this is going to be an issue that breaks the Senate, he said. It is so deep and fervent inside the Democratic Party that gun control is the answer.

Fleischer went on to predict that Senate Democrats will break the filibuster over this, adding, I dont think they have any choice.

The base demands it, they demand action, they say thoughts and prayers are not enough, he continued. Theyre going to try to get through whatever they can get through on 50 votes, and this will be the issue that they challenge the filibuster over.

Co-host Bill Hemmer pointed out opposition to nixing the filibuster among moderate Democrats, particularly Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinThe Hill's Morning Report - Biden tasks Harris on border; news conference today Democrats face questions over agenda Democrats divided on gun control strategy MORE (D-W.Va.), who told CNNon Tuesday that he would still advocate against it even if removing the rule would allow the passage of his bipartisan bill with Republican Sen. Pat ToomeyPatrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeySasse rebuked by Nebraska Republican Party over impeachment vote Philly GOP commissioner on censures: 'I would suggest they censure Republican elected officials who are lying' Toomey censured by several Pennsylvania county GOP committees over impeachment vote MORE (Pa.), which requires background checks on armed sales at gun shows and over the internet.

The bill goes short of mandating background checks in private transfers of firearms, which the broader House gun reform bills have included.

However, Fleischer said, Manchin also said he would only support a bipartisan COVID bill, and of course, there was a partisan COVID bill and he supported it.

Manchin is always an open question, he added. Im not sure I would take him at his word, particularly when the pressure mounts on the core issue that defines the modern day Democratic Party.

Fleischers remarks come amid growing support among Democrats to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster needed to end debate on legislation. Ending the practicewould return the Senate to a talking filibuster, in which senators need to physically be on the floor to block legislation

Senate Majority Leader Charles SchumerChuck SchumerOvernight Health Care: Senate confirms Levine for HHS, first openly transgender official | Progressives up pressure on Biden to back COVID vaccine patent waiver | Former Operation Warp Speed chief fired over sexual harassment allegations Mississippi GOP senator says it's wrong to vote on Sunday for religious reasons Senate confirms first openly transgender official, approving Levine for HHS MORE (D-N.Y.) has pledged to put forth a series of bills on the floor, which will likely force Democrats to take a position on removing the filibuster in order to move forward their desired policy proposals in the face of Republican opposition.

President Biden on Tuesday called on Congress to enact meaningful gun control legislation, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as closing loopholes in background checks for firearms.

Bidens call for further reforms included a demand that the Senate immediately pass two bills approved by the House earlier this year that would expand background checks on gun sales, and Schumer has vowed to take action on the legislation.

Other lawmakers have signaled that they would support removing the filibuster in order to move forward a range of other legislative reforms.

Sen. Angus KingAngus KingSenators eye rollback of Trump methane rule with Congressional Review Act Manchin says Democrats should pay for infrastructure, raise corporate taxes Fleischer predicts Democrats will nix filibuster for gun control MORE (I-Maine) on Wednesday suggested he would support changing Senate rules should Republicans block voting rights legislation.

"All-out opposition to reasonable voting rights protections cannot be enabled by the filibuster; if forced to choose between a Senate rule and democracy itself, I know where I will come down," King wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

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