Supports policies to significantly raise the minimum wage, implement equal pay for equal work, and establish paid family leave.

Congressman Pallone supports policies that would significantly raise the minimum wage, implement equal work for equal pay and paid family leave.

Pallone supports minimum wage increases, equal pay policy, and paid family leave.

Issues | Congressman Frank Pallone
primary · other · model gpt-5.5

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.

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.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk: Roll Call 496, H.R.582
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The Department of Labor states that the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

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.

never unknown A for effort

U.S. Department of Labor - Minimum Wage
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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.

Pallone voted for House passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, a concrete equal-pay measure, but the vote did not itself enact the bill.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 134, H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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.

The equal-pay bill Pallone supported in the House failed to advance in the Senate, so the equal-pay portion was not enacted.

never unknown A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 227, 117th Congress, H.R. 7 Paycheck Fairness Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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.

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.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 385, H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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.

The Build Back Better vehicle eventually became the Inflation Reduction Act, but the enacted law did not establish national paid family leave.

never unknown A for effort

Congress.gov, H.R.5376 - Public Law 117-169
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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.

Current federal baseline family and medical leave remains unpaid under FMLA, confirming that a broad federal paid family leave program has not been established.

never unknown A for effort

U.S. Department of Labor - Family and Medical Leave Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%