Dem Platform Committee Votes Down $15 Min Wage Amendment

[Fla Dem]

68. Gotta read beyond the headlines folks. $15 minimum wage was already in the Democratic Platform

Draft. Rep Keith Ellison wanted to amend the platform with some additional language regarding the $15 minimum wage . That amendment was what was voted down 8-6. $15 wage has been in platform since first draft.

Ellison offered additional amendments designed to strengthen the document’s commitment to a $15 minimum wage and employment guidelines for federal contractors — issues championed by Sanders on the campaign trail. Both were rebuffed by Paul Booth of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union, who was named to the committee by Clinton.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/unity-efforts-hit-snag-at-final-meeting-over-democratic-platform/2016/06/24/2919fd06-3a3d-11e6-a254-2b336e293a3c_story.html

June 24, 2016, 09:38 pm
Dems adopt $15 minimum wage in platform draft
By Evelyn Rupert

Democrats' platform drafting committee took a first step toward giving Bernie Sanders a major concession, voting to adopt language in support of a $15 minimum wage.

The committee, which will continue drafting the party's guiding document Saturday, also aligned itself with Sanders's support for progressive ideas such as abolishing the death penalty and expanding Social Security, the Associated Press reported. The minimum wage language adopted echoes a common refrain by Sanders, who has called the current federal minimum of $7.25 a "starvation wage."

The platform also tackles financial reform, calling for "an updated and modernized version of Glass-Steagall."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/284888-dems-adopt-15-minimum-wage-in-draft-platform

I don't know why there is a need to post mis-information.