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Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander on Labor & Wages

RepublicanTN

Labor & Wages70 votes · 76/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority

106 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 70 of them counted toward the score above: 14 toward “Worker priority” and 56 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 36 did not count: 36 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2020-07-29Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2024PN1692 · 116th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2020-07-29Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2024PN1692 · 116th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2020-07-29Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2025PN1690 · 116th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2020-07-29Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2025PN1690 · 116th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2020-03-18To provide Americans with paid sick time and paid leave so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.H.R. 6201 · 116th Congress · On the AmendmentNayEmployer priority
2018-04-11John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2022PN1443 · 115th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2018-04-10John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2022PN1443 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2017-11-08Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four yearsPN1025 · 115th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2017-11-07Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four yearsPN1025 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2017-09-25William J. Emanuel, of California, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2021PN725 · 115th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2017-09-19William J. Emanuel, of California, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2021PN725 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2017-08-02Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2020PN681 · 115th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2017-08-02Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2020PN681 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2017-05-03A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees.H.J.Res. 66 · 115th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2017-05-03A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees.H.J.Res. 66 · 115th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaEmployer priority
2017-03-30A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees.H.J.Res. 67 · 115th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2017-03-22A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness".H.J.Res. 83 · 115th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2017-03-14A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants.H.J.Res. 42 · 115th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2017-03-06A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.H.J.Res. 37 · 115th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2017-03-02A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.H.J.Res. 37 · 115th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaEmployer priority
2016-05-24A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary".H.J.Res. 88 · 114th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2015-05-05A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures.S.J.Res. 8 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaWorker priority
2015-03-26To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting a substantial increase in the minimum wage.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the AmendmentNayEmployer priority
2015-03-04A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures.S.J.Res. 8 · 114th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaEmployer priority
2015-03-03A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures.S.J.Res. 8 · 114th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaEmployer priority
2014-12-08Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019PN2124 · 113th Congress · On the NominationNayEmployer priority
2014-12-04Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019PN2124 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2014-09-15A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.S. 2199 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2014-09-10A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.S. 2199 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2014-06-25An act to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs in the United States, and to promote individual and national economic growth, and for other purposes.H.R. 803 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaWorker priority
2014-06-25To require that evaluation reports are due every fourth year, to establish a reservation of funds in a fiscal year in which a report is due, and to establish a reduction in funds if a report is not submitted.H.R. 803 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2014-06-25To make the appointment and certification of a new local board permissible instead of required.H.R. 803 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2014-04-30A bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.S. 2223 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2014-04-09A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.S. 2199 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2014-02-06A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2014-02-06Of a perfecting nature.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayDirection not readable
2014-02-04Relating to extension and modification of emergency unemployment compensation program.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaEmployer priority
2014-01-14A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2014-01-14Relating to extension and modification of emergency unemployment compensation program.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2014-01-14A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaEmployer priority
2014-01-09A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaEmployer priority
2014-01-07A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2013-11-07A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayEmployer priority
2013-11-07A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2013-11-07To strike the appropriate balance between protecting workers and protecting religious freedom.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2013-11-04A bill to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2013-10-29Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four yearsPN789 · 113th Congress · On the NominationNayDirection not readable
2013-10-29Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four yearsPN789 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2013-07-30Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2018PN266 · 113th Congress · On the NominationYeaDirection not readable
2013-07-30Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2018PN266 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2013-07-30Nancy Jean Schiffer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2014PN680 · 113th Congress · On the NominationNayDirection not readable
2013-07-30Nancy Jean Schiffer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2014PN680 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2013-07-30Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2016PN679 · 113th Congress · On the NominationNayDirection not readable
2013-07-30Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2016PN679 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2012-06-21To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.S. 3240 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaEmployer priority
2012-06-05A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.S. 3220 · 112th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2012-04-25To prohibit employees of the United States Postal Service from engaging in collective bargaining.S. 1789 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentNayWorker priority
2012-04-24A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures.S.J.Res. 36 · 112th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaEmployer priority
2011-11-03A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America.S. 1769 · 112th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2011-02-15To exclude employees of the Transportation Security Administration from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees and provide employment rights and an employee engagement mechanism for passenger and property screeners.S. 223 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaEmployer priority
2010-12-08A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.S. 3991 · 111th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayEmployer priority
2010-11-17A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.S. 3772 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2010-09-23A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures.S.J.Res. 30 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaEmployer priority
2010-02-09Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2014PN1351 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2009-11-04A bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.H.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaWorker priority
2009-11-04A bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.H.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaWorker priority
2009-11-02In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2009-10-27A bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.H.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaWorker priority
2008-11-20A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation.H.R. 6867 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaWorker priority
2008-05-13A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.H.R. 980 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2007-07-19To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaEmployer priority
2007-06-26A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.H.R. 800 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2007-02-01A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaWorker priority
2007-01-31A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaWorker priority
2007-01-31To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaEmployer priority
2007-01-31To extend through December 31, 2012, the increased expensing for small businesses.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayEmployer priority
2007-01-30In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-25To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and for other purposes.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-25To prohibit employers who unlawfully employ aliens from receiving government contracts.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaWorker priority
2007-01-25To make permanent certain education-related tax incentives.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-25To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should make permanent the tax incentives to make education more affordable and more accessible for American families and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such incentives and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more interest to foreign creditors.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-25To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2007-01-25To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such repeal and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more interest to foreign creditors.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-25To improve access to affordable health care.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-25To increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount that is based on applicable State minimum wages.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayEmployer priority
2007-01-24To afford States the rights and flexibility to determine minimum wage.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaEmployer priority
2007-01-24A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayEmployer priority
2007-01-24To provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing enhance rescission authority under fast-track procedures.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-23To express the sense of the Senate that increasing personal savings is a necessary step toward ensuring the economic security of all the people of the United States upon retirement.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2007-01-23In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-21To promote job creation and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaEmployer priority
2006-06-21To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayEmployer priority
2005-11-16A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the pension funding rules, and for other purposes.S. 1783 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaWorker priority
2005-11-16To compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60 for certain airline pilots.S. 1783 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayEmployer priority
2005-10-19To promote job creation, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.H.R. 3058 · 109th Congress · On the MotionYeaEmployer priority
2005-10-19To provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.H.R. 3058 · 109th Congress · On the MotionNayEmployer priority
2005-03-10A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act.S. 250 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaDirection not readable
2005-03-07To promote job creation, family time, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayWorker priority
2005-03-07To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayEmployer priority
2004-05-04To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to overtime pay.S. 1637 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentNayEmployer priority

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Worker priority / Employer priority axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.