2022 IA Governor's race: on Jobs


Cindy Axne: Co-sponsored National Apprenticeship Act to expand programs

Axne joined a bipartisan majority to advance the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 to the Senate, a measure that she co-sponsored. The Act invests more than $3.5 billion over the next five years to expand apprenticeship opportunities, including creating a new $400 billion grant program to support the expansion of apprenticeship programs, pre-apprenticeships, and youth apprenticeship programs.
Source: 2022 Iowa Gubernatorial campaign website axne.house.gov Apr 15, 2021

Cindy Axne: Close gender wage gap, challenge wage discrimination

The House advanced bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Axne to close the gender wage gap and provide women tools to challenge wage discrimination in the workplace. "With the most recent economic turmoil disproportionately affecting working women and pushing working moms out of the workforce, it is more important than ever that we address the systemic inequities and loopholes that are preserving a gap between what women and men earn," said Rep. Axne.
Source: 2022 Iowa Gubernatorial campaign website axne.house.gov Apr 15, 2021

Kim Reynolds: Double required job searches; drop federal benefits early

Iowa will double the number of weekly work search requirements for people on unemployment benefits starting early next year. Reynolds ended Iowa's participation in three federal pandemic unemployment programs in June--nearly three months before they were supposed to expire--in an attempt to prompt people to return to the workforce. So far, those cuts to unemployment benefits haven't appeared to show a sustained boost to Iowa's employment and economy.
Source: Des Moines Register on 2022 Iowa Gubernatorial race Oct 20, 2021

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Candidates and political leaders on Jobs:

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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