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.

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.

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