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business proposal Districts support $15 minimum wage proposal | Business - messenger-inquirerPosted: 31 Mar 2019 12:00 AM PDT As congressional Democrats advance a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, they're encountering skepticism from party centrists dubious of the plan's merits. But a new poll finds that likely voters in Democratic-led swing districts overwhelmingly support efforts to more than double the hourly minimum by 2024. And they say they're more likely to support the lawmakers who vote that way. The Raise the Wage Act, introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and co-sponsored by 204 Democrats, would gradually raise the federal minimum from its current $7.25 an hour. It hasn't changed since July 2009, making this one of the longest periods without a wage increase since the federal minimum was established in 1938. The battleground survey was sponsored by the National Employment Law Project, a progressive legal group that advocates for raising th…
