Yes Congress can regulate the minimum wage. Congress also created the federal minimum wage in 1938. The current minimum wage is $7.25.
No. Congress does not have the power to establish a minimum wage at all.
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Congress sets a limit on the tax maximum, and states raise or lower their own. So taxesis a shared power between Congress and State
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Congress had the power to raise an Army by asking the States for troops.
A part time job at minimum wage is more than enough for that.
Congress has several expressed powers. Some of these powers are the power to declare war, the power to naturalize citizens and the power to raise an army.