I believe it already survived Congressional review, and I think the city has some level of autonomy from the rest of the district, but I'm not really sure how this actually works.
I believe the Dems were trying to tie it in with the COVID relief package in the house, and they seem deadset on raising it this year, but this is like the worst possible time to pass a bill that will inevetiably lead to an increase in unemployment considering how awful states seem to have been...
Does anyone know how the minimum wage increase will affect tipped workers? While I wholeheartedly support it, effectively doubling the wages overnight is going to cause some problems with businesses that don't pay their employees. Not that I care about most of them really, but like my job only...