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Posted: 2024-09-09T17:16:25Z | Updated: 2024-09-09T17:16:25Z

Kamala Harris presidential campaign posted a page full of policy positions on Monday, and it was no surprise that the vice president supports raising the federal minimum wage.

But how high does she think it should go?

The campaign website does not offer a number, and a campaign spokesperson declined to give specifics when HuffPost asked Monday morning.

The federal minimum wage is just $7.25 per hour and prevails in any state that doesnt mandate a higher one. It hasnt been raised in 15 years, primarily due to Republican opposition.

The general public broadly supports giving it a boost, and many states, including red ones, have done so in the absence of congressional action. Some state rates are now more than double the federal level.

But Democrats arent in total agreement on what the nationwide target should be. Harris might want to avoid getting pinned down on a particular number and alienating supporters who think it should be either higher or lower than what she proposes.

Democrats once coalesced around $15, thanks to the success of the union-backed Fight for $15 campaign, which began in fast food in 2012 and later spread to other low-wage sectors. But many progressives now say a yearslong phase-in toward $15 would be insufficient, especially following a period of elevated inflation, which has blunted some of the influence of minimum wage policy.

Last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed hiking the federal wage floor to $17 in five years and eliminating the tipped minimum wage that allows restaurants to pay servers as little as $2.13 per hour before gratuities. Harris also supports ditching the tipped minimum wage, according to her policy page.

Sanders bill, the Raise the Wage Act , gained 31 co-sponsors, meaning 18 lawmakers who caucus with Democrats have declined to sign on. A companion bill in the House pushed by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) has attracted 171 co-sponsors out of 211 Democrats.