Hawley Proposes $15 Minimum Wage for Billion-Dollar Corporations

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 14, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced legislation on Feb. 27 that would force big companies to pay their workers a $15 minimum wage.

Hawley’s plan targets corporations with revenue of $1 billion or more, and comes amid a bitter fight on Capitol Hill about the inclusion of a federal minimum wage increase in the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill.