Several red-state Democrats have threatened to oppose their party’s hallmark $15 minimum wage bill, imperiling a key plank of the progressive platform and revealing another schism in the sprawling caucus
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Scott spent an hour attempting to sell his bill to members of the New Democrats Coalition, an expansive policy-focused group that includes dozens of moderates but also some progressives.Sign Up In the meeting, several swing-state freshmen, including Reps. Elissa Slotkin and Colin Allred , stood up to express concerns about the bill, with some suggesting they wouldn’t support it on the floor in its current form. Some other members, including freshmen, expressed unease about signing on a cosponsor of the legislation, according to multiple members in the room.
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