Senators ranked: Pro-worker/union

All 100 senators ranked by how often they voted for stronger labor protections, union rights and a higher minimum wage, across 16 recorded Senate votes. A higher grade means the senator voted for the Pro-worker/union side more often.

Official Senate roll-call votes (via Voteview)

A means the senator voted for this side most often — not that the senator is better. F means the senator voted against this side most often. Based on votes through 2026-08-08.

How did each senator score on economy?

Rank	Senator	Party	State	Grade	Voted for this side	Missed	Votes
1	John Fetterman	Democrat	Pennsylvania	A+	100%	1	See the votes
2	Jon Ossoff	Democrat	Georgia	A+	100%	0	See the votes
3	Raphael G. Warnock	Democrat	Georgia	A+	100%	0	See the votes
4	Ben Ray Luján	Democrat	New Mexico	A	93%	0	See the votes
5	Ron Wyden	Democrat	Oregon	A-	91%	0	See the votes
6	Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	Minnesota	A-	90%	0	See the votes
7	Bernard Sanders	Independent	Vermont	A-	90%	0	See the votes
8	Jack Reed	Democrat	Rhode Island	A-	90%	0	See the votes
9	Maria Cantwell	Democrat	Washington	A-	90%	0	See the votes
10	Richard J. Durbin	Democrat	Illinois	A-	90%	0	See the votes
11	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	Rhode Island	A-	90%	0	See the votes
12	Patty Murray	Democrat	Washington	A-	90%	2	See the votes
13	Charles E. Schumer	Democrat	New York	B+	89%	1	See the votes
14	Jeff Merkley	Democrat	Oregon	B+	88%	0	See the votes
15	Mark R. Warner	Democrat	Virginia	B+	88%	0	See the votes
16	Michael F. Bennet	Democrat	Colorado	B+	88%	0	See the votes
17	Alex Padilla	Democrat	California	B+	87%	0	See the votes
18	Brian Schatz	Democrat	Hawaii	B+	87%	0	See the votes
19	Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	Nevada	B+	87%	0	See the votes
20	Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	Maryland	B+	87%	0	See the votes
21	Christopher Murphy	Democrat	Connecticut	B+	87%	0	See the votes
22	Cory A. Booker	Democrat	New Jersey	B+	87%	0	See the votes
23	Edward J. Markey	Democrat	Massachusetts	B+	87%	0	See the votes
24	Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	Massachusetts	B+	87%	0	See the votes
25	Gary C. Peters	Democrat	Michigan	B+	87%	0	See the votes
26	Jacky Rosen	Democrat	Nevada	B+	87%	0	See the votes
27	John W. Hickenlooper	Democrat	Colorado	B+	87%	0	See the votes
28	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Democrat	New York	B+	87%	0	See the votes
29	Mark Kelly	Democrat	Arizona	B+	87%	0	See the votes
30	Martin Heinrich	Democrat	New Mexico	B+	87%	0	See the votes
31	Mazie K. Hirono	Democrat	Hawaii	B+	87%	0	See the votes
32	Richard Blumenthal	Democrat	Connecticut	B+	87%	0	See the votes
33	Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	Wisconsin	B+	87%	0	See the votes
34	Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	Illinois	B+	87%	0	See the votes
35	Tim Kaine	Democrat	Virginia	B+	87%	0	See the votes
36	Tina Smith	Democrat	Minnesota	B+	87%	0	See the votes
37	Peter Welch	Democrat	Vermont	B	83%	0	See the votes
38	Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	New Hampshire	B-	82%	0	See the votes
39	Adam B. Schiff	Democrat	California	B-	80%	0	See the votes
40	Andy Kim	Democrat	New Jersey	B-	80%	0	See the votes
41	Angela D. Alsobrooks	Democrat	Maryland	B-	80%	0	See the votes
42	Christopher A. Coons	Democrat	Delaware	B-	80%	0	See the votes
43	Elissa Slotkin	Democrat	Michigan	B-	80%	0	See the votes
44	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democrat	Delaware	B-	80%	0	See the votes
45	Margaret Wood Hassan	Democrat	New Hampshire	B-	80%	0	See the votes
46	Ruben Gallego	Democrat	Arizona	B-	80%	0	See the votes
47	Angus S. King, Jr.	Independent	Maine	D+	67%	0	See the votes
48	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	F	57%	0	See the votes
49	Susan M. Collins	Republican	Maine	F	52%	0	See the votes
50	Josh Hawley	Republican	Missouri	F	40%	0	See the votes
51	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	F	31%	0	See the votes
52	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	F	31%	0	See the votes
53	Bill Cassidy	Republican	Louisiana	F	27%	0	See the votes
54	Cynthia M. Lummis	Republican	Wyoming	F	27%	0	See the votes
55	Dan Sullivan	Republican	Alaska	F	27%	0	See the votes
56	John Kennedy	Republican	Louisiana	F	27%	0	See the votes
57	Joni Ernst	Republican	Iowa	F	27%	0	See the votes
58	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Tennessee	F	27%	0	See the votes
59	Rick Scott	Republican	Florida	F	27%	0	See the votes
60	Roger Marshall	Republican	Kansas	F	27%	0	See the votes
61	Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	West Virginia	F	27%	0	See the votes
62	Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas	F	27%	0	See the votes
63	Thom Tillis	Republican	North Carolina	F	27%	0	See the votes
64	Todd Young	Republican	Indiana	F	27%	0	See the votes
65	Jerry Moran	Republican	Kansas	F	21%	1	See the votes
66	Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Alabama	F	21%	1	See the votes
67	Ashley Moody	Republican	Florida	F	20%	0	See the votes
68	Bernie Moreno	Republican	Ohio	F	20%	0	See the votes
69	David McCormick	Republican	Pennsylvania	F	20%	0	See the votes
70	James C. Justice	Republican	West Virginia	F	20%	0	See the votes
71	Jim Banks	Republican	Indiana	F	20%	0	See the votes
72	John R. Curtis	Republican	Utah	F	20%	0	See the votes
73	Jon Husted	Republican	Ohio	F	20%	0	See the votes
74	Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho	F	19%	0	See the votes
75	Eric Schmitt	Republican	Missouri	F	17%	0	See the votes
76	Katie Boyd Britt	Republican	Alabama	F	17%	0	See the votes
77	Pete Ricketts	Republican	Nebraska	F	17%	0	See the votes
78	Ted Budd	Republican	North Carolina	F	17%	0	See the votes
79	Kevin Cramer	Republican	North Dakota	F	15%	1	See the votes
80	Mike Lee	Republican	Utah	F	15%	1	See the votes
81	John Cornyn	Republican	Texas	F	15%	1	See the votes
82	John Thune	Republican	South Dakota	F	14%	0	See the votes
83	Bill Hagerty	Republican	Tennessee	F	13%	0	See the votes
84	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	Mississippi	F	13%	0	See the votes
85	Deb Fischer	Republican	Nebraska	F	13%	0	See the votes
86	James Lankford	Republican	Oklahoma	F	13%	0	See the votes
87	John Boozman	Republican	Arkansas	F	13%	0	See the votes
88	John Hoeven	Republican	North Dakota	F	13%	0	See the votes
89	Mike Rounds	Republican	South Dakota	F	13%	0	See the votes
90	Rand Paul	Republican	Kentucky	F	13%	0	See the votes
91	Ron Johnson	Republican	Wisconsin	F	13%	0	See the votes
92	Steve Daines	Republican	Montana	F	13%	0	See the votes
93	Tim Scott	Republican	South Carolina	F	13%	0	See the votes
94	Tom Cotton	Republican	Arkansas	F	13%	0	See the votes
95	John Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming	F	13%	1	See the votes
96	James E. Risch	Republican	Idaho	F	12%	0	See the votes
97	Roger F. Wicker	Republican	Mississippi	F	12%	0	See the votes
98	Tim Sheehy	Republican	Montana	F	11%	1	See the votes
—	Alan Armstrong	Republican	Oklahoma	N/A	N/A — not enough votes yet	0	See the votes
—	Darline Graham	Republican	South Carolina	N/A	N/A — not enough votes yet	0	See the votes

Which votes count?

Date	Bill	Question	Side counted	Weight	Why it counts
1989-11-08	HR2710	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	2	Raises the minimum wage (1989)
1993-02-04	HR1	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	2	Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)
1996-03-28	HR1296	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	1	Cloture on a minimum wage increase (1996)
2007-01-24	HR2	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	1	Cloture on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 (2007)
2007-02-01	HR2	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	2	Raises the minimum wage to $7.25 (2007)
2007-06-26	HR800	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	1	Employee Free Choice Act: easier union sign-up (2007)
2009-01-22	S181	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	2	Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009)
2021-03-05	HR1319	On the Motion	Yea	1	Motion to allow a $15 federal minimum wage in the 2021 COVID relief law
2022-12-22	HR2617	On the Amendment	Yea	2	Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: workplace accommodations for pregnant workers
2024-04-10	HJRES98	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	2	Overturned the NLRB rule widening which companies count as a joint employer for bargaining
2025-02-20	SCONRES7	On the Amendment	Yea	2	Reinstates fired Forest Service, Park Service and land-agency workers
2025-03-14	HR1968	On the Amendment	Yea	2	Lets fired veteran federal workers be reinstated
2025-04-04	HCONRES14	On the Amendment	Yea	2	Protects collective bargaining for federal workers
2025-04-05	HCONRES14	On the Amendment	Yea	2	Lets the Senate raise the federal minimum wage to $17 by majority vote
2025-10-23	S3012	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	1	Pays federal workers who kept working during the shutdown (flag: shutdown politics)
2025-11-07	S3012	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	1	Same shutdown-pay bill, second attempt (flag: shutdown politics)