Episode 198: COVID Relief Passes Congress: Restaurants Win Big, Bernie Sanders Loses Big.

The U.S. Senate, with Vice-President Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, passed the joint budget resolution that will enable Pres. Biden’s COVID relief package to ultimately be passed under the reconciliation process, meaning a simple majority vote. The House will follow suit almost immediately and while Biden and the restaurant industry were big winners, Bernie Sanders was not. His proposal to include a $15/hr federal wage increase was rejected, and then some. We’ll take a look at all those moving parts. And despite all the focus on corporate behavior and social responsibility, a lot of companies are playing hardball and fighting back on new laws and costly mandates. We’ll take a look at the grocery sector’s fight against hazard pay requirements and how the platform companies are taking the fight to politicians as well. We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.