Hawley to introduce bill to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour, CBS News confirms

[Jacson6]

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, plans to introduce a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, CBS News can confirm. Vermont Democratic Sen. Peter Welch will co-sponsor the bill.

I'll believe it when I see it actually happen.

[Attilatheblond]

1. Somebody is afraid he's gonna lose his cushy job. LOL

Run chicken little, run, but you can't hide and you can't buy love. The voters see you.

[Polybius]

2. He's not up until 2030

Hawley has some conflicting views. For an extreme MAGA, he's also against corporate money and drills CEO's.

[SSJVegeta]

4. Do you think he is evolving? Or is he jsut flirting with leftist populism to see how it works out?

I can't quite put my finger on his intentions...

[Polybius]

8. Not at all, those are just his views

It's just that some hard-right wingers are like that. Matt Gaetz is another example. He teamed up with AOC to sponsor a bill banning holding stock for anyone in Congress. He also refused to take money from big corporations. Then there's Rand Paul. He was against the Patriot Act and doesn't want to increase the deficit. His father even more so.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Josh is my rep and I have to admit, he's surprising the hell out of me w/ the way he's been acting over the last

six months or so, give or take. I kind of think he's running for something, but I don't know.

[Nigrum Cattus]

5. Smoke & Mirrors

They will try & use that to get some white "christian" nationalist
BS through the congress. Also, it will probably be an increase
over 5 years, just watch. Also, note the timing, this is to distract
from all the other garbage they are doing now. They NEVER do
anything that only helps the working class, NEVER.

[czarjak]

6. You mean legislation that benifits someone other than the rich or corporations?

[Cheezoholic]

7. This Nazi is trying to position himself for a perceived power vacuum when MAGA collapses. He's just as bad n/t

[Simeon Salus]

9. I agree with the OP

This has "stunt" written all over it. Hawley clearly wants to be seen jogging away from abject cruelty, but the guy once clerked for John Roberts, whose household crest says adorant crudelitatem. Based on "jogging Josh's" voting history, he absolutely loathes working class supporters except on primary dates.

[Warpy]

10. Only because he knows it will never get ou of committee

and will never pass if it does.

He must be trying to build up a better resume before he's up for reelection.

[not fooled]

11. A cheap stunt timed to obfuscate senate action on the billionaire welfare scam bill

which I'm sure he supports.

Gawd, they think the US populace is dumb. And, they're right for the most part.