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The House roll call for H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, records the vote question as passage, status as passed, with 231 Ayes and 199 Noes. Frank Pallone of New Jersey is listed as voting Aye.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pallone voted for House passage of a bill to raise the federal minimum wage, showing concrete effort, but House passage alone did not enact the policy.
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The Department of Labor states that the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): As of the current DOL page, the federal minimum wage has not been significantly raised beyond $7.25, so the minimum-wage part of the promise has not been delivered federally.
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The House roll call for H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, records passage by 242 Yeas to 187 Nays. Frank Pallone of New Jersey is listed as voting Yea.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pallone voted for House passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, a concrete equal-pay measure, but the vote did not itself enact the bill.
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The Senate vote on cloture for the motion to proceed to H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, was rejected; the measure title was to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide more effective remedies for pay discrimination based on sex. The vote was 49 Yeas, 50 Nays, with three-fifths required.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The equal-pay bill Pallone supported in the House failed to advance in the Senate, so the equal-pay portion was not enacted.
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The House roll call for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, records passage by 220 Yeas to 213 Nays. Frank Pallone of New Jersey is listed as voting Yea.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pallone voted for the House-passed Build Back Better Act, a legislative vehicle that included paid family and medical leave proposals at that stage, showing concrete effort toward paid leave.
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Congress.gov records H.R. 5376 as becoming Public Law 117-169 after Senate amendment and House agreement. The shown public-law summary covers finance, prescription drug pricing, health care, energy, and tax provisions, not a national paid family leave program.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Build Back Better vehicle eventually became the Inflation Reduction Act, but the enacted law did not establish national paid family leave.
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The Department of Labor explains that the FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current federal baseline family and medical leave remains unpaid under FMLA, confirming that a broad federal paid family leave program has not been established.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, IRS guidance noted enhancements to the paid family and medical leave employer tax credit, including permanence, expanded eligibility, and premium/wage methods. This is a limited paid-leave-related federal policy, not a national paid family leave program.
To provide paid family and medical leave benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists H.R. 5390, the FAMILY Act, with Frank Pallone Jr. among cosponsors and referral to Ways and Means, showing same-term effort on paid family and medical leave without enactment.
To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists H.R. 2743, the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, with Pallone as a cosponsor and referral to the House Education and Workforce Committee, showing effort but no enactment.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists H.R. 17, the Paycheck Fairness Act, with Pallone as a cosponsor and referral to committee, showing same-term effort on equal-pay enforcement without enactment.
the federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The current DOL minimum-wage FAQ still states the federal minimum wage is $7.25, indicating the significant federal minimum-wage increase remains undelivered as of this refresh.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The current DOL FMLA FAQ confirms the broad federal FMLA baseline remains unpaid leave, so a national paid family leave benefit remains unresolved despite pending legislation and a limited tax credit.