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House to vote on $15 minimum wage by August
The House will vote on the first federal minimum wage increase in over a decade this July, The Hill has confirmed
The legislation to be considered is the Raise the Wage Act backed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). It would more than double the $7.25 minimum wage to $15 by 2024. The current minimum wage has been in place since July of 2009.
Congress actually passed that wage hike in 2007.
"Democrats ran on raising wages for American workers, and this remains a top priority for us," Mariel Saez, a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), told The Hill.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/448193-house-to-vote-on-raising-minimum-wage-by-august?rnd=1560363510
It'll die in the Senate.
