Dems before the election: "Joe Biden can use his relationships and experience to bring all sides to the table to get more progressive legislation passed!"
8 Democrats defect on $15 minimum wage hike
I think the Dems found out that more than a few of them are bought and paid for by corporations still... the progressive side was probably hoping to use the momentum from the Trump ouster to sneak this by these particular, rather non-progressive, corporatist colleagues. Didn’t work.