U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) introduced a bill Tuesday with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, making him one of the few Republicans to support the cause.

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley's position on the minimum wage aligns him with some of the Senate's most liberal members.

Mo., introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, making him a rare congressional Republican to endorse the historically liberal cause.