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To End 'New Gilded Age,' House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The right wing in America kept trying to pass anti-abortion laws for decades even though they were obviously unconstitutional, and here we are...

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Obama promised to codify Roe into law and didn't do so even though he had a supermajority.

Dems may not say it, but they love that abortion's an issue that they can fundraise off of, and they have no intention of making it explicitly legal nationwide.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 days ago

Why is that? How many times could Dems have codified RvW, since SCOTUS ruled on it? Why didn't they?