← Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk on Labor & Wages
RepublicanIL
Labor & Wages71 votes · 70/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
150 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 71 of them counted toward the score above: 26 toward “Worker priority” and 45 toward “Employer priority”.
The other 79 did not count: 71 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-24 | A 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 Resolution | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2015-05-05 | A 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 Table | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2015-03-26 | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting a substantial increase in the minimum wage.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2015-03-04 | A 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 Resolution | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2015-03-03 | A 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 Proceed | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2014-12-08 | Lauren 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 Nomination | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-12-04 | Lauren 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 Motion | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-09-15 | A 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 Motion | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-09-10 | A 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 Proceed | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2014-06-25 | An 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 Bill | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2014-06-25 | To 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 Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2014-06-25 | To make the appointment and certification of a new local board permissible instead of required.H.R. 803 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2014-04-30 | A 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 Proceed | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-04-09 | A 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 Proceed | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-02-06 | A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-02-06 | Of a perfecting nature.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2014-02-04 | Relating to extension and modification of emergency unemployment compensation program.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2014-01-14 | A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-01-14 | Relating to extension and modification of emergency unemployment compensation program.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2014-01-14 | A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2014-01-09 | A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2014-01-07 | A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.S. 1845 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2013-11-07 | A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2013-11-07 | A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2013-11-07 | To strike the appropriate balance between protecting workers and protecting religious freedom.S. 815 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-11-04 | A 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 Proceed | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2013-10-29 | Richard 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 Nomination | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-10-29 | Richard 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 Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-30 | Mark 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 Nomination | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-30 | Mark 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 Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-30 | Nancy 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 Nomination | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-30 | Nancy 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 Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-30 | Kent 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 Nomination | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-30 | Kent 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 Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-06-21 | To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.S. 3240 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2012-06-05 | A 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 Proceed | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2012-04-25 | To prohibit employees of the United States Postal Service from engaging in collective bargaining.S. 1789 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2012-04-24 | A 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 Proceed | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2011-11-03 | A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America.S. 1769 · 112th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2011-02-15 | To 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 Amendment | Yea | Employer priority |
| 2010-12-08 | A 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 Proceed | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2010-11-18 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation ActH.R. 6419 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2010-09-29 | To require that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credentialH.R. 4072 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2010-07-30 | Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010H.R. 5851 · 111th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2010-07-30 | Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2010H.R. 5851 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2010-07-01 | Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation ActH.R. 5618 · 111th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2010-07-01 | Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation ActH.R. 5618 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2010-06-29 | Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation ActH.R. 5618 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2010-06-15 | Work-Life Balance Award ActH.R. 4855 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2010-04-14 | Honoring the coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia, extending condolences to their families and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster.H.Res. 1236 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2009-11-05 | Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance ActH.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2009-10-14 | Expressing support for the designation of the month of October as “National Work and Family Month”H.Res. 768 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2009-09-24 | Expressing support for designation of September 23, 2009, as “National Job Corps Day”H.Con.Res. 163 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2009-09-22 | Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009H.R. 3548 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2009-07-21 | Commending the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the occasion of its 125th anniversaryS.Con.Res. 30 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2009-01-09 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 12 · 111th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2009-01-09 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 12 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-10-03 | Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008H.R. 6867 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2008-07-31 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 1338 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2008-07-31 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 1338 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-07-31 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 1338 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-07-31 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 1338 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-07-31 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 1338 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-07-31 | Paycheck Fairness ActH.R. 1338 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-06-19 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 5781, to provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leaveH.Res. 1277 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2008-06-19 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 5781, to provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leaveH.Res. 1277 · 110th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2008-06-12 | Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008H.R. 5749 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2008-06-12 | Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008H.R. 5749 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-06-12 | Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008H.R. 5749 · 110th Congress · Motion to table the appeal | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2008-06-11 | Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008H.R. 5749 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2008-05-20 | Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections ActH.R. 2744 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2008-04-30 | Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention ActH.R. 5522 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2008-04-30 | Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention ActH.R. 5522 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-04-30 | Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008H.R. 5522 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-04-30 | Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008H.R. 5522 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-01-16 | S-MINER ActH.R. 2768 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2008-01-16 | S-MINER ActH.R. 2768 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-01-16 | S-MINER ActH.R. 2768 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-01-16 | S-MINER ActH.R. 2768 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-01-16 | S-MINER ActH.R. 2768 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2008-01-16 | S-MINER ActH.R. 2768 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-09-26 | Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention ActH.R. 2693 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2007-09-26 | Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention ActH.R. 2693 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-03-01 | The Employee Free Choice ActH.R. 800 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Employer priority |
| 2007-03-01 | The Employee Free Choice ActH.R. 800 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-03-01 | Employee Free Choice Act of 2007H.R. 800 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-03-01 | Employee Free Choice Act of 2007H.R. 800 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-03-01 | Employee Free Choice Act of 2007H.R. 800 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-01-10 | Fair Minimum Wage ActH.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2007-01-10 | Fair Minimum Wage ActH.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-01-10 | Fair Minimum Wage ActH.R. 2 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2006-07-29 | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement ActS. 250 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-07-27 | Pension Protection Act of 2005H.R. 2830 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-07-25 | Pension Protection Act of 2005H.R. 2830 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-07-12 | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement ActS. 250 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-06-07 | Mine Improvement and New Emergency Respose ActS. 2803 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Worker priority |
| 2006-05-03 | Pension Protection Act of 2005H.R. 2830 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-04-06 | Pension Protection Act of 2005H.R. 2830 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2006-03-08 | Pension Protection Act of 2005H.R. 2830 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2005-12-15 | Pension Protection ActH.R. 2830 · 109th Congress · On Passage | Yea | 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.