Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise

• Sen. Bernie Sanders, alongside other progressives, is again trying to raise the federal minimum wage.
• He's introducing legislation to bring the federal minimum to $17 by 2028; currently, it's $7.25.
• However, past attempts to raise the minimum wage have been stymied by Republicans and moderate Democrats.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again pushing for a higher minimum wage.

Sanders, alongside 29 senators and nearly 150 House representatives, introduced new legislation to bring up the federal minimum rate for the first time since 2009.