Key Votes
S AMDT 44 - Minimum Wage Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
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) (46-49) - 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 $7.25 over a two-year time period.
Highlights:
-Raises the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 in three incremental stages (Sec. 02).
Sponsors
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Stevens Corzine (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Dayton (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas 'Tom' Harkin (IA - D)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman (CT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- Paul S. Sarbanes (MD - D) (Out Of Office)