John Melcher on Labor & Wages
DemocratMT
204 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 155 of them counted toward the score above: 127 toward “Worker priority” and 28 toward “Employer priority”.
The other 49 did not count: 36 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-06-06 | TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BEFORE 1966 AT $2.10 PER HOUR FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1974, AND TO $2.20 PER HOUR AFTER JUNE 30, 1975.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress | Nay | Employer priority |
| 1973-06-06 | TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BEFORE 1966 AT $1.90 PER HOUR FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND $2.10 FOR THE SECOND YEARS AND $2.20 PER HR. THEREAFTER.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress | Nay | Worker priority |
| 1973-06-06 | TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 7935.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 1973-06-06 | TO AMEND H.R. 7935, A BILL TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR ACT, BY INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEEES.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress | 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.