J. Maxwell Cleland on Labor & Wages

DemocratGA

Labor & Wages18 votes · 82.7/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

26 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 18 of them counted toward the score above: 16 toward “Worker priority” and 2 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 8 did not count: 8 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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2001-12-05	An Act to modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Worker priority
2001-12-05	To modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Worker priority
2001-12-04	To ensure that returns on investment are earned prior to any reduction in taxes or increase in benefits.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Worker priority
2001-12-04	To use a 5-year average rather than a 10-year average in computing the average account benefits ratio.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-12-04	To strike the provision related to directed scorekeeping.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-12-03	To modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Worker priority
2001-12-03	To enhance energy conservation, research and development, and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-11-29	An Act to modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries.H.R. 10 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Worker priority
2001-11-06	To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.H.R. 3061 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Worker priority
2001-11-01	To prohibit the use of funds under the National Labor Relations Act for the funding of unfair labor practices relating to certain no-solicitation or no-access rules.H.R. 3061 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Employer priority
2001-06-29	To apply the bill to plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements beginning on the general effective date.S. 1052 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-23	To require labor organizations to provide notice to members concerning their rights with respect to the expenditure of funds for activities unrelated to collective bargaining.S. 27 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Worker priority
2001-03-06	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to ergonomics.S.J.Res. 6 · 107th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Nay	Worker priority
2000-04-12	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the treatment of stock options under the Act.S. 2323 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Employer priority
2000-04-07	To express the sense of the Senate concerning an increase in the Federal minimum wage.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-04-07	To express the sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-11-09	To increase the Federal minimum wage and protect small business.S. 625 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Worker priority
1999-11-09	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage.S. 625 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Worker priority
1999-07-30	To increase the Federal minimum wage.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Worker priority
1999-03-25	To express the sense of the Senate concerning an increase in the minimum wage.S.Con.Res. 20 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-09-22	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage. — (SENATE TABLED KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3540 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3559, TO INCREASE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. .)S. 1301 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Worker priority
1998-09-14	A bill to preserve the balance of rights between employers, employees, and labor organizations which is fundamental to our system of collective bargaining while preserving the rights of workers to organize, or otherwise engage in concerted activities protected under the National Labor Relations Act. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO AGREE TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 1981, TRUTH IN EMPLOYMENT ACT. .)S. 1981 · 105th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Worker priority
1998-05-05	A bill to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1385, TO CONSOLIDATE, COORDINATE, AND IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, LITERACY, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. .)H.R. 1385 · 105th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Worker priority
1997-06-04	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to help balance the demands and needs of work and family, to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes. — (SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO ADJOURN.)S. 4 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Adjourn	Nay	Direction not readable
1997-06-04	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to help balance the demands and needs of work and family, to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MODIFIED COMMITTEE AMENDMENT.)S. 4 · 105th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Worker priority
1997-05-15	A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to help balance the demands and needs of work and family, to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MODIFIED COMMITTEE AMENDMENT.)S. 4 · 105th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Worker 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.