Quiet the feat with this piece, both cynical and naive, and with a large dollop of dishonesty. The CBO score on raising the minimum wage claims that there would be a minimal budgetary impact of , which could remove it from the reconciliation bill though there is some indication from the CBO that increasing the minimum wage "may" be able to follow this path. The parlimentarian has not yet ruled, and Sen Manchin has indicated that he will not vote for it...Sen Sinema is also seeming to be opposed. So NO "blatant lies" on the part of president Biden and the author's claim that he blatantly lied is clearly untrue.