Increase the minimum wage and ensure workers have a seat at the table.

Nikki Budzinski · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.58 extraction confidence 85%

Occurrences

Commits to raising the minimum wage and giving workers a stronger role in policymaking.

Budzinski Unveils Affordability Agenda to Address the Cost of Living Crisis
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Evidence

The office bio says Budzinski led negotiations to raise Illinois' minimum wage to $15 an hour and serves as vice-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus.

Her House bio documents a completed state-level minimum-wage increase effort and an ongoing labor-advocacy role.

partial later_term A for effort

Press
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On June 11, 2026, the office said Budzinski was an original cosponsor of the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which passed the House and would speed up first contracts for new unions.

Recent House action shows she is actively backing worker-bargaining legislation, consistent with the 'seat at the table' part of the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Home
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On June 10, 2026, Budzinski led 27 members in a letter urging the Office of Head Start to withdraw a rule that would eliminate finalized wage and benefit standards.

This is another concrete worker-pay intervention in the current House term, though it does not itself raise the federal minimum wage.

partial same_term A for effort

Home
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

The DOL says the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

The federal minimum wage remains unchanged, so the 'increase the minimum wage' portion is still unresolved at the national level.

unresolved unknown

Minimum Wage | U.S. Department of Labor
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

In federal office, Nikki Budzinski has materially advanced the worker-representation side of the promise by cosponsoring House-passed labor legislation to speed first union contracts and by taking other pro-worker wage and bargaining actions. But the federal minimum wage remains $7.25, so the national minimum-wage increase portion of the promise has not been delivered. Her earlier role in raising Illinois' state minimum wage shows relevant prior credit, but under a federal office context it does not convert the unresolved federal outcome into full delivery. The combined promise is therefore only partially fulfilled.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 94%