She will oppose any increase to the minimum wage.

Julia Letlow · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 0.77 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 99%

Occurrences

oppose any increase to minimum wage

A commitment to resist raising the minimum wage.

The Issues | Julia Letlow for Congress
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Evidence

"That includes opposing any increase to minimum wage."

Her campaign issue page explicitly states she would oppose any increase to the minimum wage.

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The Issues | Julia Letlow for Congress
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Julia will help create and bring jobs to our district. That includes opposing any increase to minimum wage.

Letlow's campaign issue page contains the promise to oppose any minimum-wage increase.

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The Issues | Julia Letlow for Congress
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Letlow Julia ... LA Republican 117th to 119th March 20, 2021

The Clerk lists Letlow's House service as beginning March 20, 2021, which matters because the major early-2021 minimum-wage votes occurred before she could cast a House vote.

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Terms of Service for Members of the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress
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Feb 27, 2021 ... Vote Question: On Passage ... American Rescue Plan Act ... Status: Passed ... Republican 0 Yeas, 210 Nays, 1 Not Voting.

The House passed the American Rescue Plan before Letlow's service began; Republicans unanimously voted no, but this is not an in-office Letlow action.

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Roll Call 49 | Bill Number: H. R. 1319
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Question: On the Motion ... Sanders Amdt. No. 972 ... Statement of Purpose: To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage. Vote Result: Motion Rejected. YEAs 42, NAYs 58.

The Senate rejected a minimum-wage amendment before Letlow's House service began, so it does not prove fulfillment by Letlow.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 1st Session, Vote 74
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Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (Introduced 01/28/2021). Latest Action: House - 01/28/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. This bill increases the federal minimum wage...

The main 117th Congress House bill to raise the minimum wage was introduced and referred to committee, with no recorded House passage or Letlow vote identified.

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H.R.603 - Raise the Wage Act of 2021
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Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (Introduced 07/25/2023). Latest Action: House - 07/25/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. This bill has the status Introduced.

The 118th Congress Raise the Wage Act was introduced and referred to committee; no floor vote or affirmative Letlow opposition was found in this record.

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H.R.4889 - Raise the Wage Act of 2023
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Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] | Cosponsor statistics: 172 current - includes 150 original. Party of Cosponsor: Democratic [172].

All H.R.4889 cosponsors were Democrats, so Republican Letlow was not a cosponsor; this is consistent with not supporting the wage increase but does not by itself show active opposition.

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Cosponsors - H.R.4889 - Raise the Wage Act of 2023
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Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (Introduced 04/08/2025). Latest Action: House - 04/08/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. This bill has the status Introduced.

The 119th Congress Raise the Wage Act was introduced and referred to committee; as of the record reviewed, no House vote or Letlow action proving opposition was identified.

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H.R.2743 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025
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The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

The federal minimum wage remained $7.25, indicating no federal increase became law during Letlow's service, but this does not prove she took concrete action to oppose an increase.

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Minimum Wage | U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division
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Assessments

partial later_term

Letlow clearly promised during the campaign to oppose minimum-wage increases, and the federal minimum wage has not increased during her House service. Later Raise the Wage Act bills in the 118th and 119th Congresses did not advance, and she was not a cosponsor, which is consistent with the promised stance. However, the evidence does not identify a floor vote, sponsored countermeasure, public in-office statement, or other concrete Letlow action materially blocking an increase. Because the outcome remained aligned with the promise but candidate-specific contribution is thin, partial credit is more appropriate than full delivery.

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unresolved unknown

The campaign evidence clearly shows Letlow promised to oppose any increase to the minimum wage, but the record provided does not show a concrete in-office action proving fulfillment. She was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after the early 2021 House vote on the American Rescue Plan, and the evidence here does not document a later House vote, bill sponsorship, or other official act where she affirmatively opposed a federal minimum-wage increase. Because the promise is about active opposition rather than merely benefiting from the fact that no increase passed, the available evidence is insufficient to mark it delivered or failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 69%

unresolved unknown

The promise was to oppose any minimum-wage increase, but the supplied evidence only documents the campaign position, not subsequent conduct. Major federal minimum-wage increase bills during her tenure, such as the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, were introduced but did not receive a House floor vote after she took office, so there is no clear vote-based delivery record in the provided evidence. I found no evidence here that she supported an increase, but absence of a voting opportunity or documented opposition is not enough to mark the promise delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 64%