Workers, wages and care

The 9 votes behind this value

Each was chosen by hand, and the sentence under it is the written reason for what a yea and a nay each did. Under that is how each party voted, which is where the two ends of the scale come from. Every one links to its full roll call, where you can see the question as the chamber put it and how every member voted.

• Block the loosening of child care programme requirements

  S.J.Res. 199 · Senate · 119th Congress · Roll 874 · 2026-07-30 · 47–52 · Motion to Proceed Rejected

  S.J.Res. 199 disapproves the HHS rule 'Restoring Flexibility' in the Child Care and Development Fund, which relaxes requirements attached to that funding. A yea blocks the loosening.

  Democrats 45–0, Republicans 0–52. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.

• Speed up first contracts after a union wins recognition

  H.R. 5408 · House · 119th Congress · Roll 576 · 2026-06-09 · 230–193 · Passed

  Passage of the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for bargaining a first contract after workers vote to unionise.

  Democrats 210–0, Republicans 20–192. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.

• Increase child care funding for families

  S.Con.Res. 33 · Senate · 119th Congress · Roll 754 · 2026-04-22 · 47–51 · Motion Rejected

  A reserve fund for increasing federal child care funding.

  Democrats 44–0, Republicans 1–51. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.

• Allow a $17 minimum wage to pass by simple majority

  H.Con.Res. 14 · Senate · 119th Congress · Roll 184 · 2025-04-05 · 47–52 · Amendment Rejected

  An amendment ensuring the Senate could raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour without a sixty-vote threshold.

  Democrats 44–0, Republicans 1–52. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.

• Lower barriers for caregivers and home care workers

  H.Con.Res. 14 · Senate · 119th Congress · Roll 183 · 2025-04-05 · 49–50 · Amendment Rejected

  A reserve fund aimed at preventing increased barriers for caregivers, home care workers and others in the care economy.

  Democrats 44–0, Republicans 3–50. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.

• Protect federal employees' collective bargaining agreements

  H.Con.Res. 14 · Senate · 119th Congress · Roll 175 · 2025-04-04 · 48–51 · Amendment Rejected

  A reserve fund for legislation protecting legally binding collective bargaining agreements and the right to organise for federal employees.

  Democrats 44–0, Republicans 2–51. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.

• Override the veto of the joint employer repeal

  H.J.Res. 98 · House · 118th Congress · Roll 903 · 2024-05-07 · 214–191 · Failed

  The attempt to enact H.J.Res. 98 over the President's objections. A nay sustains the veto and leaves the joint employer rule standing.

  Democrats 9–191, Republicans 205–0. Most Democrats voted nay and most Republicans yea.

• Void the NLRB joint employer standard

  H.J.Res. 98 · House · 118th Congress · Roll 728 · 2024-01-12 · 206–177 · Passed

  H.J.Res. 98 strikes the National Labor Relations Board rule making companies jointly responsible as employers for contracted and franchised workers. A nay leaves the broader standard in force.

  Democrats 8–177, Republicans 198–0. Most Democrats voted nay and most Republicans yea.

• Raise the federal minimum wage

  H.R. 1319 · Senate · 117th Congress · Roll 74 · 2021-03-05 · 42–58 · Motion Rejected

  An amendment providing for increases in the federal minimum wage during consideration of the American Rescue Plan.

  Democrats 41–5, Republicans 0–50. Most Democrats voted yea and most Republicans nay.