Larkin I. Smith on Labor & Wages

RepublicanMS

Labor & Wages8 votes

Worker priorityEmployer priority

10 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 8 of them counted toward the score above: 1 toward “Worker priority” and 7 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 2 did not count: 2 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
1989-06-14	TO PASS HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A FAIR AND EQUITABLE RATE.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1989-05-11	TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE FROM $3.35 TO $4.55 OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD AND PROVIDE A TWO-MONTH TRAINING WAGE.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1989-04-18	TO INSTRUCT THE HOUSE CONFEREES ON THE BILL, HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, TO AGREE TO A SENSE OF THE SENATE TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE PORTION OF THE BILL.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1989-03-23	TO PASS HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE FROM $3.35 TO $4.55 OVER THREE YEARS AND TO PROVIDE A TWO-MONTH TRAINING WAGE.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1989-03-23	TO AMEND HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, TO INCREASE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYERS WHO VIOLATE THE MINIMUM WAGE RULES AND FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT REQUIREMENTS.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1989-03-23	TO AMEND HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD AND PROVIDE A TWO-MONTH RAINING WAGE.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1989-03-23	TO AMEND HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD AND ESTABLISH A LOWER TRAINING WAGE.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1989-03-22	TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON HR 2, MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, TO INCREASE HE MINIMUM WAGE FROM ITS CURRENT RATE TO $4.65 AN HOUR.H.R. 2 · 101st Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1989-03-15	TO PASS HR 1231, EASTERN AIRLINES STRIKE RESOLUTION, A BILL TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO MEDIATE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND MACHINISTS AT EASTERN AIRLINES.H.R. 1231 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1989-03-15	TO ADOPT HR 1231, EASTERN AIRLINES STRIKE RESOLUTION, TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO MEDIATE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND MACHINISTS AT EASTERN AIRLINES.H.R. 1231 · 101st Congress	Nay	Employer 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.