House Budget Committee chairman John Yarmuth speaks with reporters before the House votes to pass a pandemic relief package. She said the House would "absolutely" approve a final version of the relief bill because of its widespread benefits, even if it lacked progressives' treasured goal. Pelosi, too, seemed to shy away from dismantling Senate procedures, saying, "We will seek a solution consistent with Senate rules, and we will do so soon." But those same Senate rules prohibit provisions with only an "incidental" impact on the federal budget because they are chiefly driven by other policy purposes. Republicans oppose the US$15 (NZ$20.74) minimum wage target as an expense that would hurt businesses and cost jobs.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 27, 2021 08:48 UTC