Senate Democratic aides from the Finance Committee have been consulting with House Ways and Means panel. Not to mention, she is not the only one who has privately expressed concerns about raising the minimum wage in this proposal. In other words, right now the issue of raising the minimum wage could seriously endanger this Covid relief proposal. One potential way out of this minimum wage fightIt's very possible that the issue of raising the minimum wage doesn't pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian. In other words, we should not be predicting one way or another if the $15 minimum wage would survive.

Source: CNN February 15, 2021 14:03 UTC