Survey of 2014 Senate campaign websites: on Jobs

Joyce Dickerson: Raise the minimum wage

The crowd at Hilton Head Island was roaring its approval as she ticked off her objectives. It was a broad list of issues ranging from improving veterans' care to ensuring equal pay for women, but they all had one thing in common: across-the-board opposition from the unelected man she's vying to replace.

"His views don't match up with the people of South Carolina," Councilwoman Dickerson said of the appointed GOP senator Tim Scott, who will face voters statewide for the first time this year.

"Raising the minimum wage--he's not in support of that. Medicaid expansion--he's against that , too. And it's costing our state's hospitals many millions each year, the fact that politicians like him refuse to expand Medicaid."

Source: 2014 S.C. Senate campaign website, JoyceDickersonSC.com Oct 9, 2014

Brad Hutto: Raise the minimum wage to $10.10

All able-bodied Americans should work, and their hard work should be rewarded. Too many people who work full time to support their family have to rely on food stamps to put food on their tables. Brad supports raising the minimum wage to $10.10, getting people off of food stamps and once again honoring hard work in this country. Brad will stand up for working families. Source: 2014 S.C. Senate campaign website, BradHutto.com Jun 25, 2014

Terry Adams: The minimum wage rewards work: increase it

It is no secret, one of the biggest policy differences between me and Senator Alexander is that I want to increase the minimum wage, Alexander wants to abolish the minimum wage.

My support in favor of the increasing minimum wage is fundamental. The minimum wage rewards work. If someone in the United States of America works forty hours per week, they should not live in poverty. In addition, when the minimum wage goes up, it puts money in the hands of people who will spend it locally, often in small businesses which helps everyone.

Imagine raising a family working forty hours per week, fifty-two weeks per year for the last five years at minimum wage. You would have made $15,080 dollars per year without one day of vacation or a sick day. You are also likely dependent upon housing assistance, food assistance, and Medicaid provided by the taxpayers. Meanwhile, after-tax corporate profits have averaged 9.2% of the economy, the highest since the 1920s.

Source: 2014 TN Senate campaign website, AdamsForTN.com Jun 25, 2014

Greg Orman: Government should create environment conducive to job growth

It is government's job to create an environment that is conducive to job growth. And we're not doing that.

We've created such uncertainty with our inability to come together and solve problems that it's made it difficult for businesses to choose to invest in the United States. We're our own worst enemy when it comes to creating jobs in this country because the dysfunction in Washington doesn't inspire confidence.

As a country, we need to live within our means. I believe it's immoral to pass along large debts to the next generation. The only way we get spending under control is by making hard choices that Congress today seems unwilling to make. With each party fighting for their own pet projects and political power, there is no accountability to the American people.

Source: 2014 Kansas Senate campaign website, OrmanForSenate.com Jun 17, 2014

David Alameel: End tax breaks for sending jobs overseas

The super-rich and mega-corporations have rigged the system in their favor. They are pulling the strings of puppet politicians like John Cornyn and other Washington Republicans in favor of Wall Street--not hardworking Texas families. We need to stop sending politicians to Washington who care more about the bottom line of CEOs on Wall Street than working families in Texas. As Senator, David Alameel will advocate for:

Forcing big corporations and Wall Street executives to pay their fair share in taxes.
Creating good paying jobs in Texas that can't be shipped overseas.
Taking big banks to court when they ruin our economy, not giving them another bailout.
Ending tax breaks for corporations that ship American jobs to places like China and India.
Extending unemployment insurance benefits to the long-term unemployed

Source: 2014 Texas Senate campaign website May 15, 2014

Brian Herr: Member of the Repeal The Casino Deal Leadership Team

Public Service Experience:

Member of the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen (2nd term)
Former member of the Hopkinton Planning Board
Member of the Metro West Regional Transit Authority
Member of the Ashland-Hopkinton Joint Fire Services Advisory Group
Member of the Repeal The Casino Deal Leadership Team

Former Chairman of the Metro West Anti-Casino Coalition Source: 2014 Massachusetts Senate campaign website, BrianHerr.com Feb 6, 2014

Alison Grimes: Increase the minimum wage to a living wage

In order to grow our middle class, we must raise the minimum wage to help hardworking Americans achieve a basic standard of living. 2/3 of minimum wage workers in the US are women. Consider a single working mother of two who makes the current federal minimum wage who brings home just $14,500 annually--nearly $4,000 below the poverty line.

Rather than forcing our own neighbors to choose between putting food on the table, getting to work and paying the rent, all Americans deserve a living wage that is consistent with our values. Raising the minimum wage would increase incomes for more than 30 million US workers, and is an important step to ensure workers see the benefits of a growing economy. Doing so would:

Lift the wages of over one in four Kentucky workers.
Increase annual earnings for the nearly 30 percent of Kentuckians who make minimum wage or just above by $2,369 on average and $863 million in total.
Grow Kentucky's GDP by $546 million by 2015 and create 2,200 jobs.

Source: 2014 Senate campaign website AlisonForKentucky.com "Issues" Feb 3, 2014

Cory Booker: Great Recession decreased hourly wages overall

Too many New Jerseyans are still hurting. While the economy has started to come back from the worst economic downturn in generations, New Jersey was the last state in the country to join the jobs recovery, and we continue to lag behind. Even among those who are employed, too many are finding that jobs aren't paying like they used to. Paychecks are getting smaller and bills are piling up.

Occupations in fields such as construction and manufacturing, with median hourly wages of $13.84 to $21.13--the middle third of the pay scale--accounted for 60 percent of job losses during the worst part of the recession. As the recovery progressed, however, those jobs didn't come back. Instead, it was lower-wage occupations--those with median hourly wages of $7.69 to $13.83--that accounted for 58 percent of all job growth.

Source: 2013-2014 New Jersey Senate campaign web CoryBooker.com Nov 3, 2013

Cory Booker: Gender wage gap problematic; minority wage gap worse

America has come a long way in the struggle for equal rights but we are still far short of realizing the promise of our ideals. For every dollar a New Jersey man earns, on average, a woman earns only 79 cents for equal work. That reflects some improvement from the 59 cents women in made 50 years ago, but the wage gap today is even more problematic because the number of female breadwinners has quadrupled. To add to this injustice, nationally, African American and Latina women earn only 64 cents and 55 cents, respectively, for every dollar their male counterparts earn.

Our work will not be done until we live in a nation where equal work means equal pay. And that's why, as your Senator, I will work to make the long overdue promises advanced by the 2009 enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act a reality by supporting further efforts to close the income gap between men and women, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and raising the federal minimum wage.

Source: 2013-2014 New Jersey Senate campaign web CoryBooker.com Nov 3, 2013

Corey Stapleton: Massive spending is not going to create sustainable jobs

Meaningful creation of jobs comes from the private sector. The fundamental conflict occurring in America between the major political parties is `scope' of governmental intervention. Adding massive spending is not going to create sustainable jobs in Montana. Every day I help Montanans figure out how they can afford to keep their homes, send their kids to school, and plan for retirement. But to do any of that first requires good jobs are available. Source: 2014 Senate campaign website www.coreystapleton.com: Issues Jun 6, 2013

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*Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:* GA:Chambliss(R) IA:Harkin(D) MI:Levin(D) MT:Baucus(D) NE:Johanns(R) OK:Coburn(R) SD:Johnson(D) WV:Rockefeller(D) *Resigned from 113th House:* AL-1:Jo Bonner(R) FL-19:Trey Radel(R) LA-5:Rod Alexander(R) MA-5:Ed Markey(D) MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R) NC-12:Melvin Watt(D) SC-1:Tim Scott(R)	*Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:* AR-4:Tom Cotton(R) GA-1:Jack Kingston(R) GA-10:Paul Broun(R) GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R) HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D) IA-1:Bruce Braley(D) LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R) ME-2:Mike Michaud(D) MI-14:Gary Peters(D) MT-0:Steve Daines(R) OK-5:James Lankford(R) PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D) TX-36:Steve Stockman(R) WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)	*Retired House as of Jan. 2015:* AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R) AR-2:Tim Griffin(R) CA-11:George Miller(D) CA-25:Howard McKeon(R) CA-33:Henry Waxman(D) CA-45:John Campbell(R) IA-3:Tom Latham(R) MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R) NC-6:Howard Coble(R) NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D) NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R) NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D) NY-21:Bill Owens(D) PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R) UT-4:Jim Matheson(D) VA-8:Jim Moran(D) VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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