Mitt Romney sides with Democrats calling for $12 hourly raises for essential workers

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has followed demands of pay raises for essential workers with a proposal of his own.Romney proposed Friday that essential workers "who are necessarily subject to greater risk of COVID-19" receive hourly bonuses of up to $12 in the form of a tax credit. His proposal comes a month after several Democratic senators suggested $13/hour raises for essential workers that would be retroactive from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Employers would have to opt in to what Romney