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Here’s what hourly workers and small business owners think of a $15 minimum wage President Joe Biden, along with other Democrats, have voiced support for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. But recent attempts — including a Senate vote on Friday to include a minimum wage hike in the President’s Covid relief package — have all failed. Still, progressive lawmakers and activists are dedicated to the pay increase, which they say would provide millions of workers with a living wage. “If anybody thinks that we’re giving up on this issue, they are sorely mi...