Jeff Sessions on Labor & Wages

RepublicanAL

Labor & Wages78 votes · 69.3/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

112 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 78 of them counted toward the score above: 21 toward “Worker priority” and 57 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 34 did not count: 32 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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
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	Nay	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	Yea	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	Yea	Employer priority
1999-07-30	To increase the Federal minimum wage.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Employer 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	Nay	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	Yea	Employer 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	Yea	Employer 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	Yea	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	Yea	Employer 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	Yea	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.