WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Feb. 25 that there’s a “very strong argument” to include the minimum wage increase in President Joe Biden’s economic rescue package. She expressed confidence that the $15 national minimum wage will pass Congress despite growing objections. “I feel that we have a very strong argument and we have a very big need in our country to pass the minimum wage,” Pelosi said during a press conference. “We will pass a minimum wage bill,” she said, adding that Democrats have been “working on this fight” for years and the increase is “long overdue.” The Senate still waits, as of this writing, for the parliamentarian to weigh in on whether the minimum wage increase is eligible to be included in the rescue package. Elizabeth MacDonough, the chief Senate parliamentarian will decide this week whether the minimum wage hike provision could be passed through budget reconciliation under the Byrd Rule—a …