“I doubt there are many federal employees making minimum wage or less.”
It’s for federal contractors too. They may have some broom pushers, etc., that will now make the new minimum.
We have many states which have raised the minimum wage, next door to states who have not. The statistical analysis of the differences between them reveals it’s almost insignificant.
Until businesses start making their point more stridently (i.e. voting with their feet) we are not gonna win this argument.