They want to force a vote on the $15 minimum wage, daring Manchin to oppose it.
And they are calling for Democrats to overrule Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who last week determined that the COVID-19 relief package cannot pass with a simple-majority vote under special budgetary rules if it includes a provision to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
Senate Majority Whip
dikk Durbin (D-Ill.) and the White House both pushed back against the idea of overruling MacDonough on Monday.
“I don’t think that’s going to work. I hope that we think very seriously about dealing with the minimum wage in a different venue,” Durbin said.