Compulsory processing of the budget committee with democratic numerical advantage
If you use the right to adjust the budget, the Senate can pass
Biden urges once again to “fasten off”
Democrats disagree over the minimum wage increase
When persuasion fails, the issue is subtracted and the promotion is observed
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CNN reported on the 22nd (local time) that the US House of Representatives Budget Committee passed a $1.9 trillion (about 2,092 trillion won) stimulus package. Despite President Joe Biden’s persuasion, the Democratic Party pushed ahead with the budget bill, with the Republican Party’s refusal to deal with the support bill.
As the Democratic Party announced in the Senate that it will exercise the right to budget control that can pass the budget with only a majority of the seats, the stimulus plan is expected to pass without major problems. However, it is analyzed that it is not easy to pass the original bill as the Democratic Party also has strong opposition to the increase in the minimum wage included in the stimulus plan.
According to CNN, the House Budget Committee passed the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) support plan with 19 in favor and 16 against it. At the Democratic Chamber, only Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggit threw no votes. Immediately after the vote, however, a spokesman for Congressman Dogit said in a statement that “the opposition vote was a mistake and supports the support plan,” and virtually all of the Democratic Party lawmakers gave strength to the Corona 19 support plan proposed by President Biden. All Republicans voted no.
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When the stimulus bill passed the House Budget Committee, President Biden once again ordered the stimulus to be expedited. In a speech on support for Corona 19, President Biden criticized the point that the scale of the stimulus plan was excessive and urged the passage of it as soon as possible. Democratic Party Senate Chuck Schumer also announced that the parliamentary stimulus process was on track and that the stimulus would be processed before March 14 and sent to the White House for President Biden to sign.
The stimulus plan includes a $1,400 cash payment per adult in the U.S., extended unemployment benefits, expanded vaccinations and tests, funding for school normalization, and plans to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.5 to $15 per hour by 2025. . The stimulus plan is scheduled to be voted in the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 26th or 27th after coordination by the House Operation Committee. The House of Representatives is expected to pass smoothly as the Democratic Party certainly occupies the majority.
The possibility of passing the Senate is high on the 5th as the Democratic Party lawmakers all voted in favor of a resolution that would allow the Corona 19 stimulus bill to be passed by just a majority vote by exercising budget adjustment rights. If the majority of the Senate Democrats use the power to adjust the budget, they can pass a stimulus with a simple majority of votes rather than the 60 votes normally required to process the bill.
However, the power to adjust the budget can only be exercised on policies that are directly linked to the budget and finances. Because of this, it is possible to demand an increase in the minimum wage for individual businesses, and some say that budget adjustment powers cannot be exercised for minimum wage policies that are not directly related to the federal government budget.
In response, Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders argues that the increase in the minimum wage is related to fiscal policy because an increase in the income of low-income households could reduce the federal government’s welfare spending. In fact, the Institute for Economic Policy, one of the progressive think tanks in the United States, published an analysis that raising the minimum wage to $15 could reduce public spending by up to $31 billion per year.
Even if a minimum wage increase is part of its fiscal policy, the Democratic Party must persuade the same member of the party to oppose the increase. This is because the Democratic Party cannot exercise the predicted control right even if only one vote is issued. Senator Joe Manchin, a member of the Democratic Party, said the $15 hike was excessive, suggesting that Kirsten Cinemas of the same party could vote against it.
If the Democratic Party fails to persuade lawmakers who oppose the increase in the minimum wage, it is likely to exclude the plan to increase the minimum wage. President Biden was also reported to have said in a recent interview that “I included (the plan to raise the minimum wage), but there is a high likelihood that I will not survive (to the final plan).” Democratic Congressman John Yarmus told Politico, “If Congressman Manchin doesn’t vote for the increase in the minimum wage, we have to get rid of it or negotiate it to accept it.” The Hill analyzed that “the stimulus must be passed by the Senate in order to be implemented.”
/ Reporter Park Seong-gyu [email protected]
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