BREAKING: The House passed legislation to gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
The House on Thursday passed legislation to gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, following through on a key Democratic campaign promise and ending a six-month struggle within the caucus.
“And I hope the Senate will pass it as well,” Hoyer said, though Senate GOP leaders have already dismissed the bill and it’s not expected to go any farther.Sign Up Hiking the minimum wage has been a key plank of the Democratic platform for years. But finding support within the fractious caucus wasDozens of moderates, including many in vulnerable seats, feared a backlash from businesses back home for agreeing to more than double the hourly minimum wage, which has been set at $7.25 since 2009. Progressives, too, had been dug in against any major changes to water down the bill.
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