McConnell Open to Minimum Wage Increase, but Against Quick Raise to $15 an Hour

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) holds a press conference following the Senate GOP policy luncheon in the Rayburn Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 2, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The top Republican in Congress on Tuesday signaled a willingness to increase the federal minimum wage.

“It is true that it hasn’t been raised for quite a while, and I think it’s worth discussing,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.