The convention's full Platform Committee will consider the draft document in Orlando, Florida, next month. But Clinton's side struck down the amendment, noting that the document already included a call to "raise and index the minimum wage." See Latest Coverage →Sanders' allies wanted the draft to specify that the $15 minimum wage should be indexed with inflation. Democrats on Friday voted down an amendment to the party's platform that would have opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, avoiding an awkward scenario that would have put its statement of values at odds with President Barack Obama. Allies of Clinton and Sanders pored over the 15,000-word draft of the platform on the first day of a two-day meeting in a St. Louis hotel.

Source: Fox News June 25, 2016 03:11 UTC