ask Congress for a bill that pegs the federal minimum wage to congressional salaries.

Each year, members of Congress receive a cost of living increase. The fact that this is a guaranteed increase for legislators is proof that they acknowledge the need for income to rise to keep up with rising costs of living. It follows that any argument legislators might offer against raising the minimum wage is countered by their own yearly salary increases. Therefore, the federal minimum wage should be pegged to congressional salaries, so that when members of Congress receive salary increases, workers earning the minimum wage will automatically receive wage increases commensurate with the congressional raises.