Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress

Labor and Employment

Tina Smith
Democratic, Minnesota

On Labor and Employment, the 22 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

22 measures · 1 sponsored · 21 cosponsored

Too few senators in each caucus have a position here to compare.

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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 −0.45
  • 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.

1 measure this senator backed has no other backer on the map, so it is listed but not counted in the position from bills.

Sponsored

  1. Introduced

    S. 5605

    Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act

    Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  2. Introduced

    S. 408

    Job Protection Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cosponsored

  1. Cosponsored

    S. 4413

    Protecting America’s Workers Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  2. Cosponsored

    S.Con.Res. 36

    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)

  3. Cosponsored

    S. 4919

    Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  4. Cosponsored

    S. 4817

    CHILD Labor Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  5. Cosponsored

    S.Res. 700

    A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2026, through April 30, 2026, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month".

    Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2134)

Show the other 16 cosponsored measures
  1. Cosponsored

    S.Res. 617

    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)

  2. Cosponsored

    S. 3869

    Healthy Families Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  3. Cosponsored

    S. 2837

    Protect America’s Workforce Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  4. Cosponsored

    S. 2823

    FAMILY Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  5. Cosponsored

    S. 2729

    Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  6. Cosponsored

    S. 2613

    Warehouse Worker Protection Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  7. Cosponsored

    S.Con.Res. 16

    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 S4320)

  8. Cosponsored

    S. 1984

    Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  9. Cosponsored

    S.Res. 189

    A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month".

    Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2717-2718)

  10. Cosponsored

    S. 1332

    Raise the Wage Act of 2025

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  11. Cosponsored

    S. 1352

    Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  12. Cosponsored

    S. 1232

    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.

  13. Cosponsored

    S. 1115

    Paycheck Fairness Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  14. Cosponsored

    S. 852

    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.

  15. Cosponsored

    S.Res. 66

    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)

  16. Cosponsored

    S. 437

    Caring for All Families Act

    Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-671)