Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Labor and Employment
Jeff Merkley
Democratic, Oregon
On Labor and Employment, the 30 measures they backed give a position, but too few senators in each caucus have a position here to compare.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 0 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
30 measures · 3 sponsored · 27 cosponsored
Too few senators in each caucus have a position here to compare.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From bills backed
- Senator at −0.44
- Democratic caucus median −0.44, from 31 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.29, from 1 senator
Each mark is a senator. The vertical line is the typical senator in that caucus.
A position shows which senators someone votes or legislates alongside, not whether they are for or against a policy. Issues come from each bill's topic, so an issue can include amendments on other topics. Left and right on the strips have no meaning of their own. Bills often have backers from both parties, so a position from bills is read against the medians for bills, not against the position from votes. See how these summaries are written.
- Contested vote:
- a roll call where the losing side got at least 10% of the votes cast.
- Party break:
- a contested vote against the majority of their own party.
- Cosponsor:
- a senator who signs on to support a measure, a bill or resolution, that another senator introduced. Bills backed means sponsored or cosponsored.
- Typical senator:
- the middle senator of a group, with half on each side. "17% of the way" means 17% of the distance from the typical senator in one party to the typical senator in the other.
Legislation on this issue
These are records, not a score, and sponsoring a measure does not mean it moved. Simple and concurrent resolutions cannot become law, and a proposal enacted through a companion House bill or inside a larger bill is not counted as becoming law here.
Sponsored
WORK to Save Lives Act
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cosponsored
Ready to Work Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Restoring Justice for Workers Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4196-4197)
Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Show the other 22 cosponsored measures
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Protecting America’s Workers Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Healthy Families Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Public Service Worker Protection Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month".
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S716; text: CR S710)
Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Protect America’s Workforce Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
FAMILY Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Equal Employment for All Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Nationwide Right To Unionize Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4421-4422)
Raise the Wage Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Paycheck Fairness Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Women's Retirement Protection Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Faster Labor Contracts Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month".
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S802; text: CR S799-800)
Caring for All Families Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-671)