The Senate Is the Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things

Why the $15 minimum wage failed—and why it’s so damn hard for the Senate to get anything done

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When we were little kids, Schoolhouse Rock! made it seem like the process of passing a law was pretty simple: Someone wrote a bill, worked with her colleagues to build support for it in committee, and made her case for it…