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Bernie Sanders: “I wanted to get my. Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 51:39

No, it doesn't. Then you're getting into the whole issue, the filibuster. I had a similar experience not with the PACT act, which I strongly supported with minimum wage. I wanted to get my. Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, put it in the American Rescue plan. The parliamentarian decided that it was not kosher to get in the bill, so we weren't able to put it in. Too much power to an unelected official. Right. (51:39–51:45)

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Asserts that Bernie Sanders attempted to include a $15 minimum wage in the American Rescue Plan.

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