WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House has approved a plan boosting the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025 - though the plan has little chance of getting through the Republican-led Senate.

• The House has passed a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
• It is likely not going to pass the Republican-led senate.
• The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 for the past decade.

The bill passed largely along party lines, with Democrats in support.

The bill would more than double the current minimum wage, which has stood at $7.25 per hour for the past decade. The increase would be gradual, taking place over several years.

A recent report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows the bill would amount to a raise for an estimated 17 million American workers - and possibly could lead to a boost in pay for millions more.

The legislation split the North Carolina delegation on Capitol Hill, with all three Democrats voting for the wage increase and all eight House Republicans voting against.

Rep. Alma Adams, D-12th District, was among those pushing for the legislation's passage. She says it could lead to higher pay for roughly 150,000 people in her Charlotte district alone.

“Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough. And people are just not making enough,” she said. “We’ve got to respect workers for what they do, and pay them for the work that they do.”

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th District, was among those opposing the bill. She raised concerns about what the plan could mean for workers and family incomes.

“This is a radical and unprecedented mandate,” she said during a press conference earlier this week ahead of the vote.

In their recent report, the CBO estimated boosting the minimum wage to $15 dollar an hour could lead to increased consumer prices, if businesses pass on higher labor costs. It could also lead to the loss of roughly 1.3 million jobs, according to the CBO.

At the same time, the same report indicates it could bring 1.3 million Americans above the poverty line.

“If we do the math, [the bill] would cause at least one job to be lost for every person who moved out of poverty. And in the worst case scenario, as many as three jobs would be lost,” Foxx said. “This is not a tradeoff Congress should ask the American people to make.”

The legislation now heads to the Republican-led Senate, where it is unlikely to advance. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already expressed little interest in bringing the bill up for a vote.

The state minimum wage in North Carolina currently is the same as the federal minimum wage: $7.25 per hour.