Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., second from left, and other Senate Democrats leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, to urge approval for raising the minimum wage. President Barack Obama wants to increase the hourly minimum wage as part of an election-year economic agenda focused on working families. From second from left are, Reid, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.
