Link Minimum Wage to Unemployment Rate H3983.315
Vote Description
This Amendment sought to assess the unemployment rate in the state before the next scheduled minimum wage increase, and would in turn deny an increase in the minimum wage if the unemployment rate rises.
Mass Fiscal Explanation
Mass Fiscal supports this amendment.
Mass Fiscal's Stance
Fiscal Responsibility Vote
Good Government Vote
Vote result on 04/02/2014
FAILED
Yea
28
Nay
117
Find A Legislature
| James Arciero | Second Middlesex |  | 28% | |
| Brian M. Ashe | Second Hampden | | 19% | |
| Cory Atkins | Fourteenth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Bruce J. Ayers | First Norfolk | | 32% | |
| Ruth B. Balser | Twelfth Middlesex | | 11% | |
| F. Jay Barrows | First Bristol |  | 91% | |
| Carlo P. Basile | First Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Matthew A. Beaton | Eleventh Worcester | | 94% | |
| Jennifer E. Benson | Thirty-Seventh Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Nicholas A. Boldyga | Third Hampden | | 92% | |
| Garrett J. Bradley | Third Plymouth | | 10% | |
| Michael D. Brady | Ninth Plymouth | | 9% | |
| Paul A. Brodeur | Thirty-Second Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Antonio F.D. Cabral | Thirteenth Bristol | | 10% | |
| Thomas J. Calter | Twelfth Plymouth | | 29% | |
| Linda Dean Campbell | Fifteenth Essex | | 14% | |
| Christine E. Canavan | Tenth Plymouth | | 12% | |
| James M. Cantwell | Fourth Plymouth | | 24% | |
| Gailanne M. Cariddi | First Berkshire | | 10% | |
| Tackey Chan | Second Norfolk | | 9% | |
| Leah Cole | 12th Essex | | 93% | |
| Nick Collins | Fourth Suffolk | | 12% | |
| Thomas P. Conroy | Thirteenth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Edward F. Coppinger | Tenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Michael A. Costello | First Essex | | 11% | |
| Claire D. Cronin | Eleventh Plymouth | | 10% | |
| Daniel Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | | 18% | |
| Sean Curran | Ninth Hampden | | 20% | |
| Mark J. Cusack | Fifth Norfolk | | 11% | |
| Josh S. Cutler | Sixth Plymouth | | 28% | |
| Angelo L. D'Emilia | Eighth Plymouth | | 85% | |
| Marjorie C. Decker | Twenty-Fifth Middlesex | | 8% | |
| Robert A. DeLeo | Nineteenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Brian S. Dempsey | Third Essex | | 11% | |
| Marcos A. Devers | 16th Essex | | 10% | |
| Geoffrey G. Diehl | Seventh Plymouth | | 96% | |
| Stephen L. DiNatale | Third Worcester | | 32% | |
| Diana DiZoglio | 1st Essex | | 33% | |
| Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | | 16% | |
| Paul J. Donato | Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | | 85% | |
| Peter Durant | Worcester and Hampshire | | 90% | |
| James J. Dwyer | Thirtieth Middlesex | | 40% | |
| Carolyn C. Dykema | Eighth Middlesex | | 13% | |
| Lori A. Ehrlich | Eighth Essex | | 9% | |
| Christopher G. Fallon | Thirty-Third Middlesex | | 20% | |
| Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Third Berkshire | | 11% | |
| Robert F. Fennell | Tenth Essex | | 9% | |
| Kimberly N. Ferguson | First Worcester | | 88% | |
| John V. Fernandes | Tenth Worcester | | 8% | |
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Fifth Essex | | 10% | |
| Michael J. Finn | Sixth Hampden | | 10% | |
| Carole Fiola | 6th Bristol | | 22% | |
| Gloria L. Fox | Seventh Suffolk | | 4% | |
| Paul K. Frost | Seventh Worcester | | 87% | |
| William C. Galvin | Sixth Norfolk | | 8% | |
| Sean Garballey | Twenty-Third Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Denise C. Garlick | Thirteenth Norfolk | | 10% | |
| Colleen M. Garry | Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | | 63% | |
| Susan Williams Gifford | Second Plymouth | | 88% | |
| Thomas A. Golden | Sixteenth Middlesex | | 13% | |
| Ken Gordon | Twenty-First Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Danielle W. Gregoire | Fourth Middlesex | | 12% | |
| Patricia A. Haddad | Fifth Bristol | | 10% | |
| Sheila C. Harrington | First Middlesex | | 87% | |
| Jonathan Hecht | Twenty-Ninth Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Paul Heroux | Second Bristol | | 22% | |
| Bradford Hill | Fourth Essex | | 91% | |
| Kate Hogan | Third Middlesex | | 12% | |
| Russell E. Holmes | Sixth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Kevin G. Honan | Seventeenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Steven S. Howitt | Fourth Bristol | | 88% | |
| Randy Hunt | Fifth Barnstable | | 86% | |
| Bradley H. Jones | Twentieth Middlesex | | 88% | |
| Louis L. Kafka | Eighth Norfolk | | 11% | |
| Jay R. Kaufman | Fifteenth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Mary S. Keefe | Fifteenth Worcester | | 8% | |
| John D. Keenan | Seventh Essex | | 11% | |
| Kay Khan | Eleventh Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Peter V. Kocot | First Hampshire | | 10% | |
| Robert M. Koczera | Eleventh Bristol | | 11% | |
| Stephen Kulik | First Franklin | | 10% | |
| Kevin J. Kuros | Eighth Worcester | | 95% | |
| David Paul Linsky | Fifth Middlesex | | 11% | |
| Jay Livingstone | Eighth Suffolk | | 20% | |
| Marc T. Lombardo | Twenty-Second Middlesex | | 100% | |
| James J. Lyons | Eighteenth Essex | | 100% | |
| Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | | 12% | |
| John J. Mahoney | Thirteenth Worcester | | 10% | |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | Eleventh Suffolk | | 7% | |
| Brian R. Mannal | Second Barnstable | | 15% | |
| Ronald Mariano | Third Norfolk | | 10% | |
| Paul W. Mark | Second Berkshire | | 9% | |
| Christopher M. Markey | Ninth Bristol | | 12% | |
| Wayne Matewsky | 28th Middlesex | | 14% | |
| Paul McMurtry | Eleventh Norfolk | | 10% | |
| James R. Miceli | Nineteenth Middlesex | | 36% | |
| Aaron M. Michlewitz | Third Suffolk | | 9% | |
| Lenny Mirra | Second Essex | | 95% | |
| Frank A. Moran | Seventeenth Essex | | 10% | |
| Michael J. Moran | Eighteenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Kevin J. Murphy | Eighteenth Middlesex | | 7% | |
| James M. Murphy | Fourth Norfolk | | 10% | |
| David M. Nangle | Seventeenth Middlesex | | 14% | |
| Rhonda L. Nyman | Fifth Plymouth | | 17% | |
| Shaunna O'Connell | Third Bristol | | 90% | |
| James J. O'Day | Fourteenth Worcester | | 10% | |
| Keiko M. Orrall | Twelfth Bristol | | 92% | |
| Jerald A. Parisella | Sixth Essex | | 11% | |
| Sarah K. Peake | Fourth Barnstable | | 10% | |
| Alice Hanlon Peisch | Fourteenth Norfolk | | 9% | |
| George N. Peterson | Ninth Worcester | | 83% | |
| Thomas M. Petrolati | Seventh Hampden | | 13% | |
| William Smitty Pignatelli | Fourth Berkshire | | 9% | |
| Elizabeth A. Poirier | Fourteenth Bristol | | 87% | |
| Denise Provost | Twenty-Seventh Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Angelo J. Puppolo | Twelfth Hampden | | 10% | |
| David M. Rogers | Twenty-Fourth Middlesex | | 11% | |
| John H. Rogers | Twelfth Norfolk | | 11% | |
| Dennis A. Rosa | Fourth Worcester | | 33% | |
| Jeffrey N. Roy | Tenth Norfolk | | 9% | |
| Byron Rushing | Ninth Suffolk | | 8% | |
| Jeffrey Sanchez | Fifteenth Suffolk | | 10% | |
| Tom Sannicandro | Seventh Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Angelo M. Scaccia | Fourteenth Suffolk | | 5% | |
| Paul A. Schmid | Eighth Bristol | | 10% | |
| John W. Scibak | Second Hampshire | | 10% | |
| Carl M. Sciortino | Thirty-Fourth Middlesex | | 7% | |
| Alan Silvia | Seventh Bristol | | 13% | |
| Frank I. Smizik | Fifteenth Norfolk | | 8% | |
| Todd M. Smola | First Hampden | | 92% | |
| Theodore C. Speliotis | Thirteenth Essex | | 10% | |
| Thomas M. Stanley | Ninth Middlesex | | 29% | |
| Ellen Story | Third Hampshire | | 9% | |
| William M. Straus | Tenth Bristol | | 10% | |
| Benjamin Swan | Eleventh Hampden | | 7% | |
| Walter F. Timilty | Seventh Norfolk | | 32% | |
| Timothy J. Toomey | Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | | 10% | |
| Cleon H. Turner | First Barnstable | | 11% | |
| Aaron Vega | Fifth Hampden | | 13% | |
| David T. Vieira | Third Barnstable | | 84% | |
| Joseph F. Wagner | Eighth Hampden | | 11% | |
| Chris Walsh | Sixth Middlesex | | 9% | |
| Donald H. Wong | Ninth Essex | | 86% | |
| Jonathan D. Zlotnik | Second Worcester | | 40% |