Esteban Edward Torres on Labor & Wages

DemocratCA

Labor & Wages165 votes · 89.3/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

213 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 165 of them counted toward the score above: 150 toward “Worker priority” and 15 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 48 did not count: 41 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 7 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
1983-09-21	TO AMEND H.R. 1036 TO PERMIT THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO WAIVE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHEN IT WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE EMPLOYMENT IN THE LOCAL JURISDICTION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1036 · 98th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1983-09-21	TO AMEND H.R. 1036 TO REQUIRE THAT 100 PERCENT OF THE JOBS CREATED BY THE PROGRAM GO TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED AT LEAST SIX WEEKS PRIOR TO ENACTMENT OF THE BILL. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1036 · 98th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1983-09-21	TO AMEND H.R. 1036 TO PROHIBIT AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM IF THEIR EXPENDITURE RESULTS IN DEFICIT SPENDING. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1036 · 98th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1983-09-21	TO AMEND THE JEFFORDS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1036. THE JEFFORDS AMENDMENT PHASES DOWN THE AUTHORIZATION LEVEL AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DECLINE, AND PROVIDES A CUT-OFF OF THE AUTHORIZATION SHOULD UNEMPLOYMENT FALL BELOW SIX PERCENT. THE HAWKINS AMENDMENT CUTS OFF THE AUTHORIZATION SHOULD UNEMPLOYMENT FALL BELOW FOUR PERCENT, BUT PROVIDES AUTHORIZATION FOR AREAS OF SUBSTANTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT WHERE THERE IS AT LEAST 6.5 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURING THE PRECEDING 12 MONTH PERIOD. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1036 · 98th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1983-09-21	TO AMEND H.R. 1036 TO STRIKE THE 1983 AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHORIZE $3.5 BILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1036 · 98th Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1983-09-20	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 302, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H.R. 1036 IS TO BE CONSIDERED. H.R. 1036 PROVIDES $5 BILLION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND $9.2 BLLION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREAS IN PROJECTS TO REPAIR AND RENOVATE VITALLY NEEDED COMMUNITY FACILITIES. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1036 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1983-09-13	TO PASS H.R. 3520. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3520 · 98th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1983-09-13	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 3520 TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR NONREHABILITATION PROGRAMS IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THE DISTRICT HAS A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AS A CONDITION FOR GRADUATION FROM SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3520 · 98th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1983-09-13	TO AMEND H.R. 3520 TO CHANGE THE FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO STATES. THE CURRENT FORMULA ALLOCATES ASSISTANCE BASED UPON GENERAL FORMULAS WHICH INCORPORATE THE ABILITY OF THE POOR TO PAY ENERGY COSTS ONLY AS A MINOR FACTOR. THE MAJOR DATA USED ARE HEATING-DEGREE DAYS AND TOTAL RESIDENTIAL ENERGY COSTS. THE MOORHEAD AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE A FORMULA BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE ENERGY EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF LOW INCOME CONSUMERS. IT REQUIRES THAT 25 PERCENT OF THE FORMULA BE BASED ON LOW-INCOME ENERGY COSTS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3520 · 98th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1983-09-13	TO AMEND H.R. 3520, A BILL EXTENDING AND IMPROVING THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 TO: PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS; CREATE A SELECT COMMISSION ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED AMERICANS; AND INCREASE CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMIITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR. THE BARTLETT AMENDMENT STRIKES LANGUAGE MODIFYING AUTHORIZATION LEVELS FOR NONREHABILITATION PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3520 · 98th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1983-08-04	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 283, THE RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3520, A BILL EXTENDING AND IMPROVING THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973; TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS; TO CREATE A SELECT COMMISSION ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED AMERICANS; AND TO INCREASE CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3520 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1983-08-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3409, A BILL AMENDING THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION ACT OF 1982 WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF WEEKS OF BENEFITS PAID IN ANY STATE. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 3409 · 98th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1983-08-01	TO PASS H.R. 1646, A BILL AMENDING THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 AND THE RAILROAD TAX ACT TO ASSURE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO PAY CURRENT AND FUTURE BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1646 · 98th 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.