President Biden is already admitting defeat on his campaign promise to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. For months the Democrat promised to implement the change early in his term but after harsh pushback, the President is realizing he must wait. Raising the federal minimum wage is holding back Biden’s  $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Republicans were adamantly opposed to the provision.

According to Townhall:

“I put it in but I don’t think its going to survive,” Biden told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell. “My guess is it will not be in [the final stimulus bill].”

Under the rules of reconciliation, only measures that have an impact on the budget can be passed. Biden indicated in the interview that those rules likely wouldn’t allow the inclusion of a minimum wage provision in the final bill.

The president, however, said he would be willing to work on raising the minimum wage in a separate negotiation.

“I’m prepared as the president of the United States on a separate negotiation on minimum wage to work my way up from what it is now,” Biden told CBS. “No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage and you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”

Democrats in Congress voted to approve the massive relief bill with VP Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.

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