Sanders says he 'never' intended to raise minimum wage to $15 during a pandemic as Senate rejects it

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders overnight Thursday helped nix Democrats' effort to include a hike in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, as part of their $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, despite having championed such an increase. However, Sanders made clear that he supported the GOP-backed amendment to keep an immediate wage hike out of the relief measure became he wants a gradual increase.
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