Democrats should demand we give Americans a raise in exchange for voting to raise the debt limit. Let's force a vote on increasing the minimum wage which the vast majority of Americans want.
It's not clear if Democrats will follow Khanna's lead, though he told BI that he would 'make the case to the caucus.'
Democrats generally support a $15 per hour federal minimum wage. Some, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, have proposed pushing it even higher, to $17 per hour.
Minimum wage increases tend to be popular among both Democratic and Republican voters - in November, several Republican-leaning states passed minimum wage hikes via ballot measures.
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