(Washington, D.C.) -- Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is joining other Democratic colleagues in sponsoring a bill that would increase the national minimum wage to 25 dollars an hour. It's currently seven-dollars-25-cents an hour, which hasn't changed since 2009. Under the bill, corporations would have to reach the new minimum wage by 2032 and smaller employers would have until 2039. In 2009, the minimum wage increase drew heavy opposition from Republicans who say it hurts small businesses and costs jobs.