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The minum wage is different that the immigration bill, the reason it got rejected is because it violated the byrd rule and that is because the government was not going to directly spend or acquire any money due to the minumum wage increase but rather business(not the governmen) would have to provide the resources to make it happen.
Last time the senate took up the DA bill they added couple of billion dollars for border security, that itself would be actual federal spending money, simple fact. The senate could also consider the amount of taxes/welfare that the DA/CIR population would pay/cost the federal government and finally they could also consider the amount of resources (money) needed (new personnel, equipment etc..) to legalize all these people.
So would a DA or CIR bill qualify as a reconciliation bill? No doubt imo.
Tom cotton is even citing the amount of money the DA would cost the federal goverment and how much taxes these people would cost the America people, lol, this poor bastard doesn't even realize that he is actually helping this bill become a money bill and therefore suitable for reconciliation, how could he now object that this bill is not suitable for reconciliation (byrd rule) if he was the one who did the cost analysis
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great post and excellent explanation. Thanks
To balance revenue and spending, they can also add fees and maybe a fine. I am 100% ok with that as long as it leads to something passing for us and we should not expect a free ride without some sacrifice on our part.
The second option would be to add it onto to year-end spending bills and link it to a major Republican priority. The only possible issue I see is that GOP does not care if the government is shut down, They will just blame the democrats