House Democratic leaders pushed back today on worries from progressives that the covid relief pkg is the only hope for passing a minimum wage increase in this Congress. @SpeakerPelosi told me “we will have other reconciliations.” 
Pelosi said her conference will not stop their efforts to get the increase- but said if it is not in the final Covid relief pkg it should not prevent that pkg from being passed.
"Let's not be diverted into thinking into what is not in it, but lets respect it for what is in it.”
"Let's not be diverted into thinking into what is not in it, but lets respect it for what is in it.”
.@LeaderHoyer said the Senate's filibuster rules should be modified:
"I am one who believes the filibuster is an undemocratic
utilized in my early generation when I started in an interest in public affairs, to undermine the rights of citizens of color in America."
"I am one who believes the filibuster is an undemocratic
utilized in my early generation when I started in an interest in public affairs, to undermine the rights of citizens of color in America."
.@WhipClyburn went further:
"They are using the filibuster to deny progress basically, to low income people, and that they will use a filibuster to the deny a minimum wage increase. It would be tantamount to using it to deny civil rights."
"They are using the filibuster to deny progress basically, to low income people, and that they will use a filibuster to the deny a minimum wage increase. It would be tantamount to using it to deny civil rights."
In a powerful moment- after it looked like the presser was over, @WhipClyburn came back to the lectern and talked about being arrested in his 20s and how it compares to what he is fighting for in Congress today.
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