Political Quotes

“I call up my amendment No. 2126 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders] proposes an amendment numbered 2126 to amendment No. 1717. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To make sure the Senate can increase the Federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by a simple majority vote) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. INCREASING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE TO $17 AN HOUR. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports to increase the Federal minimum wage to at least $17 an hour over 5 years by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Vermont.”