Raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour.

Katherine M. Clark · Massachusetts · Democratic

policy impact 0.86 specificity 0.96 extraction confidence 99%

Occurrences

I’m fighting to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour.

Promised to work for legislation raising the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour.

Economic Justice | Congresswoman Katherine Clark
secondary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

The Raise the Wage Act of 2025 would gradually raise the minimum wage to $17 by 2030.

Official committee release announcing the 2025 Raise the Wage Act; it proposes a $17 federal minimum wage, but this is still only an introduction rather than enacted law.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Labor Leaders Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

H.R. 2743 sets $17.00 an hour beginning 5 years after the effective date.

GovInfo bill text confirms the proposal’s wage schedule and shows the bill was referred to committee, with no enactment in the source record.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 2743, Raise the Wage Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

The U.S. Code page says the text contains laws in effect on June 24, 2026, and sets the general federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour beginning 24 months after May 25, 2007.

Current federal law still sets the general minimum wage at $7.25 per hour, not $17.

never unknown

29 U.S.C. § 206: Minimum wage
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

The Department of Labor states: “The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.”

The administering federal agency confirms the federal minimum wage remains $7.25, showing the $17 promise was not delivered as of the assessment date.

never unknown

Minimum Wage | U.S. Department of Labor
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

Congress.gov lists H.R.2743 as introduced April 8, 2025; its latest action was referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and its tracker status is “Introduced,” not passed or law.

The 2025 $17 minimum-wage bill had not advanced beyond introduction and committee referral, so it had not delivered the promised outcome.

unresolved later_term

H.R.2743 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The introduced bill would amend 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) to set minimum wage steps ending at “$17.00 an hour, beginning 5 years after such effective date.”

The bill text matches the $17 target, but it was only introduced legislation, not enacted law.

unresolved later_term

H.R. 2743, Raise the Wage Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 496 on H.R.582, Raise the Wage Act, as passed 231-199; “Clark (MA)” is listed as voting “Aye.”

Clark took concrete House floor action to advance a federal minimum-wage increase, though that bill targeted $15 rather than $17 and did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 496 | Bill Number: H.R. 582 | Raise the Wage Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

The House-passed text would amend the minimum wage schedule to reach “$15.00 an hour, beginning 6 years after such effective date,” followed by indexing.

The House-passed bill Clark supported was a concrete wage-raise effort, but it did not meet the later $17 target and did not change current federal law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act, Engrossed in House
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Assessments

never unknown A for effort

The promised outcome was to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour. As of the cited 2026 federal law and Department of Labor records, the general federal minimum wage remains $7.25 per hour. H.R. 2743 in the 119th Congress proposed a path to $17, but it was only introduced and referred to committee, not enacted. Clark also voted for the 2019 Raise the Wage Act, a serious House effort to raise the federal minimum wage, but that bill targeted $15 rather than $17 and did not become law. The promise therefore was not delivered, though there was meaningful legislative effort toward minimum-wage increases.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

never unknown A for effort

The promised outcome was not achieved. As of June 11, 2026, the federal minimum wage remains $7.25 per hour, not $17. Katherine Clark did support the goal through congressional action, including cosponsoring Raise the Wage Act proposals and appearing as a cosponsor on H.R. 2743 in the 119th Congress, which would phase the federal minimum wage up to $17.00, but that bill was only introduced and referred to committee and did not become law. Under the federal office context, that is a serious legislative effort without delivery, so this counts as failed delivery with effort rather than partial fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 95%