Mandela Barnes in Survey of 2022 Senate campaign websites


On Energy & Oil: Launch a national green bank to fund clean energy projects

Mandela will champion renewable energy like wind and solar power and promote American energy independence by working to launch a national "green bank," a model that has shown to be successful in other countries to fund clean energy projects and create tens of thousands of good paying jobs. Mandela will fight for commonsense solutions to tackle climate change that make Wisconsin's agriculture, transportation, energy, and food systems more sustainable.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Free Trade: Will only back trade deals that puts Wisconsin first

Unfair trade deals like NAFTA are partially to blame for the economic setbacks that Wisconsin has faced. Mandela will fight to renegotiate old deals and only back trade deals that put Wisconsin workers and manufacturers first.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Government Reform: Expand opportunities for early-voting, mail-in voting

Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Government Reform: Don't allow Congress members to own individual stocks

Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Immigration: Fight for pathway to citizenship for immigrant farm workers

In the Senate, Mandela is committed to fighting for a pathway to citizenship for immigrant farm workers to ensure safe and legal working conditions that will boost the economy and help address the labor shortage farms and small businesses are facing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mandela will support legislation that provides a pathway to citizenship.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Jobs: Supports raising minimum wage to $15 an hour

Mandela will fight to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to ensure a living wage for all workers and support legislation indexing the minimum wage to inflation.
Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Jobs: Strengthen unions, oppose Right to Work laws

Mandela will support legislation to strengthen our unions, including legislation to prohibit employers from permanently replacing strikers, to strengthen labor rights through the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, and to fully fund and empower the National Labor Relations Board.

Mandela will oppose so-called Right to Work legislation that threatens labor unions' ability to effectively organize.

Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

On Tax Reform: Expand Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit

Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website MandelaBarnes.com Jul 31, 2022

The above quotations are from Survey of 2022 Senate campaign websites.
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Mandela Barnes on other issues:
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Jobs
Principles
Social Security
Tax Reform
Technology
War/Peace
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