Workers, wages and care
Votes on the minimum wage, union bargaining rights, and funding for child care and caregiving.
9 of these 9 votes split the parties — 3 in the House and 6 in the Senate — and only those place anyone on the scale. Which end is which is read from the votes: it is the side most Democrats took on most of them.
Sydney Kamlager-Dove on this value
3 of 3 party-split votes with the Democrats and 0 with the Republicans. That is fewer than 4, so the marker is hollow and this value is not counted in their overall position.
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
Not seated for this voteS.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.
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. Sydney Kamlager-Dove voted yea — the Democratic side.
Increase child care funding for families
Not seated for this voteA 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
Not seated for this voteAn 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
Not seated for this voteA 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
Not seated for this voteA 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.
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. Sydney Kamlager-Dove voted nay — the Democratic side.
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. Sydney Kamlager-Dove voted nay — the Democratic side.
Raise the federal minimum wage
Not seated for this voteAn 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.
The method behind all 12 values, including what it deliberately does not measure.