3 GOP states sue Biden over federal contractor minimum wage increase

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Republican attorneys general in three states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Biden's move to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour.

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3 GOP states sue Biden over federal contractor minimum wage increase
Republican attorneys general in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden's move to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour....
7:46 PM · Feb 10, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/politics/biden-federal-contractor-minimum-wage-lawsuit/index.html

(CNN)Republican attorneys general in three states filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging President Joe Biden's move to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour.

The case -- filed on behalf of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi -- argues that Biden did not have the authority to issue the policy. The lawsuit says, "President Biden chose to ignore the will of our federal legislators and instead forced a raise in the minimum wage through executive fiat."

"Through leveraging the disproportionate bargaining power of the federal government, Defendants have decided to coerce federal contractors into abiding by a policy that Congress does not endorse, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of businesses that employ as much as one-fifth of the entire U.S. labor force," the lawsuit said.

The states allege the move was an unconstitutional usurpation of legislative power and that it is an unconstitutional exercise of the government's spending power. The states also contend that the federal contractor minimum wage raise ran afoul of administrative law.

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They want to destroy the federal government.

[VMA131Marine]

1. I fail to see how the states have standing to challenge this.

The policy affects federal contractors; what’s the injury to the state governments. This ought to get thrown out on its face.

[madinmaryland]

6. That was my thought, also. Do state and local workers have their pay tied to

The federal rate? The states and local governments don’t pay the salaries of federal workers, do they?

[Deuxcents]

2. $15 an hour has them suing?

I agree it’s for federal contractors and this may not stand but really? $15 an hour? Why do his except they’re red states n it’s Biden? Why would anyone not want people to make a living wage n $15 an hour is too much?

[Claustrum]

5. Because people would choose a federal contractor job over other jobs that pay less.

So they won't have their cheap labor.

[Baked Potato]

3. Trying to protect their shitty low pay business owners.

They are afraid of the “ all boats lifted” axiom it appears.

[pandr32]

4. I hope they lose bigly

I love how a Democrat POTUS is clearly abusing his power--getting things accomplished "through executive fiat" while a Republican one, such as TFG clearly really abuses his power and executive orders but--no problem.

[bahboo]

7. the ads should be writing themselves.....

go for the jugular dems...

[BlueIdaho]

8. How do you know when your party has become a cult?

They back their fat cat dark money and shit on their constituents.

[NavyDem]

9. I am a current Contractor for the DoD

I can tell you that my pay is not linked to a certain minimum wage. The company I work for would not hire anyone at such a low wage, as it is not cost effective for them.

Also, I really don't know how the contracts work, but I am fairly certain that contract awards are not prorated to the average compensation for the area a company is paying it's workers in.