Throughout her CD-11 campaign, Analilia Mejia spoke about wanting to make life easier for "working people."

In Congress for about a week now, Mejia is trying to do just that.

She joined with Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois this week to introduce legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour.

A few things come to mind.

One is that this is consistent with Mejia's background as an union organizer and association with the Working Families Party.

Another thing is that it has no chance of going anywhere in a Republican-controlled House.

The federal minimum wage at the moment is a thoroughly ridiculous $7.25 per hour.

Many states - generally those run by Democrats - have adopted minimum wages much higher than that.

The wage in New Jersey, for instance, is $15.92 per hour. It rises slightly every year in line with inflation.

Still, many states have no minimum wage law of their own, meaning that the $7.25 federal wage is all there is. Some of those states are North Carolina, Texas and Wyoming.

The federal wage of 7.25 has been in place since 2009. States have the right to institute their own minimum wage laws, but if they don't, the federal standard takes hold.

As noted, the GOP House is unlikely to act on this proposal.

That's not the important thing. For Mejia, this is going to be a pretty good campaign point as we move along to November.