Three-Quarters of Republicans Oppose Raising Minimum Wage: Poll On 3/16/21 at 1:01 PM EDT New polling shows that the vast majority of Republican voters oppose raising the federal minimum wage, although strong majorities of Democrats and independents support the idea. President Joe Biden and progressive Democrats have pushed for raising the wage to $15 per hour. It is currently set at just $7.25 per hour and was last increased back in July 2009. Progressive Democrats had hoped to push the wage hike through in Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, but the Senate's parliamentarian ruled that it could not go through the complicated budget reconciliation process. Democrats had turned to reconciliation, which requires only a slim majority to pass in the Senate, after it became clear that Republicans would not support the coronavirus relief bill.