Why Democrats want to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Democrats are proposing raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025.
The gradual increase would help businesses and lower-wage areas adjust to a higher minimum.
In some states, $15 is more than double the current rate just 29 states have rates above the federal minimum.
There s been a lot of discussion around raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Currently, there s two possible routes for Democrats to pass the wage hike: as a standalone bill or through reconciliation. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has indicated that reconciliation where the bill could pass with only Democrats votes in the Senate is his preferred route.
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