A national coalition of more than 100 organizations, including teachers unions and lawmakers, is pushing for a federal $25 minimum wage bill. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., and Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., on Tuesday introduced the Living Wage for All Act — a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25-per-hour and eliminate subminimum wages.
Mejia, a founding member of the Living Wage for All coalition, is pushing the bill as her first legislative action since winning a special election for a New Jersey House seat in a landslide last week, defeating Republican candidate Joe Hathaway.
Mejia ran on a platform that emphasized Medicare for all, a $25 minimum wage, a wealth tax, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Cheers for Rep. Mejia, especially when you consider that the entire Democrat platform, these days, revolves around how much you hate Trump. Which is why Mejia's bill will go nowhere, because Democrats sole goal, if they take back the House in 2027, is to impeach Trump. But hey, at least Mejia is keeping her word and trying to speak to the needs of working-class voters, unlike 99% of her Democrat colleagues.
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