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Any company that has a contract with the federal government will have to pay workers on those projects at least $15 per hour starting January 30.

Federal wage of $7.25. so in their quest to bring attention to the issue, some lawmakers are doing something different, going a step further, they are trying to personally live off the minimum wage for a whole week. joining us now, minnesota state representative frank hornstein. hello, how'd you get this idea and what are you trying to achieve? >> well, thank you so much, ari, for having me on your show. we are five minnesota state legislators and we're participating with an organization called "working america," on something called the minimum wage challenge, so what we are doing now over thi...

Being that folks will pay more attention to someone like you, a politician, living off the minimum wage than all the other folks that have to do it but don't necessarily get covered? >> well, it's really important to call attention to this issue. i think it's one of the defining issues of our day in terms of what we have to accomplish politically, both in washington and in our state capitols around the country, and we are starting our legislative session tomorrow, and we are going to be pushing very, very hard to add minnesota to those list of states that have already passed the minimum wage a...