re: #222 The Pie Overlord!

Speaking of unemployment…

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NEW: Sen. Manchin who is a key swing vote in the split Senate, says he takes issue with adding $400 per month to unemployment benefits in the COVID relief bill, saying he feels people are coming off unemployment now, so increasing it “doesn’t make sense.” https://t.co/FMVJLO7OhU

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 2, 2021

joe (manchin) needs to get in touch with his state

Although Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he doesn’t support a federal minimum wage hike to $15 an hour, a new poll suggests that 63% of West Virginians support raising the minimum wage to that level by 2025.