Increase the minimum wage.

Increase the minimum wage.

Commits to raising the minimum wage.

Representative Lori Trahan Congresswoman Lori Trahan was born and raised in a working-class family in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is the mom of two young girls and proudly represents Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District.
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Jobs & The Economy

The campaign site lists jobs and the economy as one of Lori Trahan's policy priorities.

Congresswoman Lori Trahan | Proudly representing Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District
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H.R. 582 was an act "To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage" and would raise the regular federal minimum wage in steps to "$15.00 an hour" beginning six years after the effective date.

The House-passed bill directly matched the promise by proposing a federal minimum-wage increase to $15, but bill text alone does not show enactment.

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H.R. 582, 116th Congress, Engrossed in House: Raise the Wage Act
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] as an original cosponsor of H.R. 582 on 01/16/2019.

Trahan took concrete same-term action by cosponsoring the Raise the Wage Act immediately after taking office.

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Congress.gov Cosponsors: H.R.582 - Raise the Wage Act
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Roll Call 496 on H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act, was an On Passage vote; status was Passed, 231-199. The vote table lists Trahan, Democratic, Massachusetts, as Aye.

Trahan voted for House passage of the Raise the Wage Act in the 116th Congress, a concrete effort toward the promise.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 496, H.R. 582
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 582's latest action as Senate - 07/22/2019 read the second time and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar, and states the bill's status was Passed House.

The same-term minimum-wage bill advanced through the House but did not become law, so the promise was not delivered in that term.

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Congress.gov: H.R.582 - Raise the Wage Act, 116th Congress
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] as an original cosponsor of H.R. 603 on 01/28/2021.

Trahan continued concrete action in a later term by cosponsoring the 2021 Raise the Wage Act.

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Congress.gov Cosponsors: H.R.603 - Raise the Wage Act of 2021
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Congress.gov says H.R. 603's latest action was referral to the House Committee on Education and Labor and that the bill had the status Introduced. The summary says it would increase the federal minimum wage over a five-year period.

The 2021 bill aligned with the promise but remained only introduced, so it did not deliver a wage increase.

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Congress.gov: H.R.603 - Raise the Wage Act of 2021
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] as an original cosponsor of H.R. 4889 on 07/25/2023.

Trahan again cosponsored a later-term Raise the Wage Act, showing continued effort without enactment.

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Congress.gov Cosponsors: H.R.4889 - Raise the Wage Act of 2023
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 4889's latest action as referral to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and states the bill had the status Introduced.

The 2023 Raise the Wage Act did not advance to enactment, so it did not fulfill the promise.

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Congress.gov: H.R.4889 - Raise the Wage Act of 2023
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] as an original cosponsor of H.R. 2743 on 04/08/2025.

Trahan continued the effort in the 119th Congress by cosponsoring the 2025 Raise the Wage Act.

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Congress.gov Cosponsors: H.R.2743 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 2743's latest action as referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce and states the bill has the status Introduced, with later steps to Passed House, Passed Senate, To President, and Became Law not completed.

As of the 119th Congress record, the latest Raise the Wage Act remained introduced and had not become law.

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Congress.gov: H.R.2743 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025
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The Department of Labor states that the federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour.

The federal minimum wage remained $7.25, so the promised increase had not been delivered as of the assessment date.

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U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wage
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DOL's history says the 2007 amendments increased the minimum wage to $5.85 effective July 24, 2007; $6.55 effective July 24, 2008; and $7.25 effective July 24, 2009.

The last federal minimum-wage increase occurred before Trahan entered Congress, supporting a finding that the campaign promise was not fulfilled during her federal service.

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U.S. Department of Labor: History of Changes to the Minimum Wage Law
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