Key Votes
S AMDT 128 - Minimum Wage Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Joe Biden, Jr. voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- S 256 - Bankruptcy Reform Bill
- S AMDT 128 - Minimum Wage Amendment
- S AMDT 44 - Minimum Wage Amendment
- S AMDT 47 - Violent Protestor Amendment
- S 1038 -
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (38-61) - March 7, 2005 (Key vote)
Title: Minimum Wage Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment to S 256 that would increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.25 after 18 months.
Highlights:
- Raises the minimum wage to $5.70 six months after enactment and establishes it at $6.25 eighteen months after enactment (Sec. 01).
- Provides for a biweekly work requirement (if union or non-represented individual are in agreement) of 80 hours, where 10 hours may be shifted between the two weeks, to be known as flex-time (Sec. 13).
- Provides a $500,000 increase in current Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions for small businesses (Sec. 21).
- Allows small businesses to include employees' tips as part of their minimum hourly wage (Sec. 51).
Sponsors
- Richard J. 'Rick' Santorum (PA - R) (Out Of Office)