Sen. Kyrsten Sinema takes page from John McCain with thumbs down vote

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema gave a nod to her late predecessor Sen. John McCain with a flashy thumbs down vote in the Senate on Friday.

Video captured in the Senate chamber showed the newly elected Sinema making the move to reject a proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders to include a $15 minimum wage increase into the Senate’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

Sinema was joined by seven other Senate Democrats as well as all Republicans.

McCain famously voted no on a Senate plan to repeal Obamacare in 2018 with a thumbs down that ultimately sunk the effort.

Though she supports raising the wage, Sinema said she would support the ruling of the Senate Parliamentarian who determined that the minimum wage could not be included as part of the Reconciliation process, a Senate protocol, which is allowing the coronavirus relief bill to pass with 51 votes as opposed to the customary 60 necessary to o... (Read more)

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