Boosting the federal minimum wage –– which currently sits at $7.25 per hour –– has long been a major policy goal for Democrats.
They are hoping they have an ally in the new president.
Trump sent conflicting signals during the campaign about what he wants to do with the minimum wage, which has not been raised in seven years.
During a Nov. 2015 GOP primary debate, Trump famously said that wages in the U.S. are “too high.”
Trump changed his position after facing pressure from workers groups and liberals such as Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
He has said he supports raising it to as much as $10 per hour.
“I would leave it and raise it somewhat,” Trump told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly in a July 2016 interview. “You need to help people –– and I know it’s not very Republican to say.”
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