From Vox:
The House passed a bill on Thursday to double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. This would mark the first increase to the rate in more than a decade and the highest increase ever.
A total of 231 members voted in favor of the Raise the Wage Act, and 199 opposed it. Only three Republicans voted for the bill.
Passage of the bill is a victory for fast-food workers, who have been pushing for a $15 minimum wage across the country for more than five years.