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. And even with the elected officials, I can remember, you know, the Senate leader at the time was Schumer. (51:44–51:53)
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