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Governor, Mayors and Pundits:
Danny Drew on Jobs
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| Democratic candidate for Governor:
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Tom Foley on Jobs
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Republican challenger:
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- OpEd: His company moved 3,000 jobs to Mexico. (Oct 2014)
- Raise minimum wage nationally, but focus on jobs in CT. (Sep 2014)
- Pledge not to change public employee collective bargaining. (Jun 2014)
- Focus on developing industries with high job potential. (Oct 2010)
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Ned Lamont on Jobs
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Democratic Challenger:
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- Better training and support for workers: STEM and vo-tech. (Jan 2019)
- Invest in infrastructure to create local jobs. (Jul 2006)
- Our high-skill jobs are being sent overseas. (Apr 2006)
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Mark Lauretti on Jobs
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| Republican candidate for Connecticut Governor:
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Peter Lumaj on Jobs
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| Republican candidate for Connecticut Governor:
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Dan Malloy on Jobs
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Democratic Governor:
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- Pushed bill to protect advanced manufacturing jobs. (Jan 2017)
- We created 9,400 new, private sector jobs in the last year. (Feb 2012)
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Prasad Srinivasan on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Governor:
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- Renegotiate our union contracts with state employees. (Mar 2017)
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Bob Stefanowski on Jobs
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Republican candidate for governor of Connecticut:
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- Taxes must be lowered to attract businesses and create jobs. (Sep 2018)
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Joe Visconti on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Connecticut Governor:
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- Opposes state public employee unions. (Apr 2017)
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David Walker on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Governor:
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- Reform public employee collective bargaining to avoid abuse. (Jul 2014)
- Emphasize approaches that help people help themselves. (Jul 2014)
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Ann-Marie Adams on Jobs
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| Democratic candidate for Connecticut U. S. Senate:
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Matthew Corey on Jobs
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Republican Candidate for Connecticut U.S. Senator:
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- No affirmative action; reduce state regulations on business. (Nov 2002)
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Tom Foley on Jobs
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Wirhdrawn Republican Senate candidate:
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- OpEd: His company moved 3,000 jobs to Mexico. (Oct 2014)
- Raise minimum wage nationally, but focus on jobs in CT. (Sep 2014)
- Pledge not to change public employee collective bargaining. (Jun 2014)
- Focus on developing industries with high job potential. (Oct 2010)
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Chris Murphy on Jobs
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Senate Challenger; Democratic Rep. (CT-5):
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- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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August Wolf on Jobs
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Republican Senate Challenger:
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- Minimum wage of $15 per hour is too high; find middle ground. (May 2015)
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House:
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Joe Courtney on Jobs
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Democrat:
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- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Member of House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2013)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Rosa DeLauro on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (CT-3):
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- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted YES on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 93% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2013)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Sponsored bill enforcing against gender pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Elizabeth Esty on Jobs
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Democrat (District 5):
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- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2013)
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Jahana Hayes on Jobs
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| Democrat (District 5):
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Jim Himes on Jobs
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Democrat (District 4):
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- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Nov 2013)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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John Larson on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (CT-1):
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- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted YES on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2013)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Former candidates & officeholders:
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Larry Kudlow on Jobs
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Former Council of Economic Advisers:
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- Fact check: unemployment fell to lowest rate of 3.5%. (Aug 2020)
- You can't have a good job without a healthy business. (Mar 2020)
- Boost in unemployment insurance won't go on forever. (Mar 2020)
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Linda McMahon on Jobs
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Former Small Business Administration:
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- Integrated strategy for workforce skills development. (Aug 2018)
- We need to send job-creators to Washington. (Apr 2012)
- Six-point jobs growth plan; cut taxes for the middle class. (Apr 2012)
- Minimum wage increases harm small businesses. (Oct 2010)
- WWE has created 20 jobs annually for 28 years. (Oct 2010)
- People create jobs, not governments. (Sep 2010)
- Opposed to Card Check legislation. (Jul 2010)
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Jodi Rell on Jobs
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Republican CT Governor:
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- $600K to upgrade unemployment insurance system. (Sep 2004)
- Increase small business access to credit. (May 2010)
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Jack Orchulli on Jobs
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John Rowland on Jobs
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| Former Republican Governor (1995-2004):
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Gary Franks on Jobs
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Republican Former (1994-) (District 5):
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- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Nancy Lee Johnson on Jobs
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Former Republican challenger, U.S.Rep.:
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- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 13% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Miriam Masullo on Jobs
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| 2004 former Republican challenger:
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Rob Simmons on Jobs
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2010 Senate Challenger (lost GOP primary); formerly US Rep.:
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- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 27% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
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Chris Dodd on Jobs
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Democratic Sr Senator (CT):
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- Preserve and protect the farms in Iowa. (Dec 2007)
- Ban the outsourcing of jobs. (Aug 2007)
- Couldn’t afford living at minimum wage; advocates raising it. (Jul 2007)
- Vibrant labor movement built the American middle class. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
- Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted NO on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted NO on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
- Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Match minimum wage increases to Congressional pay raises. (May 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Sam Gejdenson on Jobs
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| Democrat (District 2):
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Nancy Lee Johnson on Jobs
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Republican (District 6):
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- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 13% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Barbara Bailey Kennelly on Jobs
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| Democrat (District 1):
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Barbara Kennelly on Jobs
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| Democrat (retired 1998) (District 1):
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Ned Lamont on Jobs
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Democratic Challenger:
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- Better training and support for workers: STEM and vo-tech. (Jan 2019)
- Invest in infrastructure to create local jobs. (Jul 2006)
- Our high-skill jobs are being sent overseas. (Apr 2006)
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Joseph Lieberman on Jobs
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Democratic Jr Senator (CT, retiring 2012), ran for V.P. with Gore, ran for president 2004:
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- My seniority helps me deliver contracts and jobs to CT. (Jul 2006)
- Raise minimum wage to $7.00. (Jan 2004)
- For counter-cyclical farm subsides, despite criticism abroad. (Jan 2004)
- Fact Check: Claims Bush cost US 3.5M jobs - really only 2.7M. (Dec 2003)
- To stimulate jobs, repeal tax cuts & support trade. (Nov 2003)
- Build on Clinton-Gore record on taxes and jobs. (Sep 2003)
- Lifetime opportunity for training. (Sep 2003)
- Trade creates jobs, despite it being unpopular to unions. (Sep 2003)
- Commitment to labor & working families stressed. (Sep 2000)
- For minimum wage; against labor on free trade. (Aug 2000)
- Small business drives job creation. (Aug 2000)
- Train local workers to reduce dependence on foreign labor. (Feb 2000)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on limiting farm subsidies to people earning under $750,000. (Dec 2007)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
- Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted NO on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
- Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
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Jim Maloney on Jobs
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Democrat (retired) (District 5):
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- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
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Chris Murphy on Jobs
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Senate Challenger; Democratic Rep. (CT-5):
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- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Alan Schlesinger on Jobs
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Christopher Shays on Jobs
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Republican Representative (CT-4):
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- I was part of the solution in Congress on creating jobs. (Jun 2012)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 27% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Rob Simmons on Jobs
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Republican (District 2):
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- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 27% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
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Richard Blumenthal on Jobs
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Democratic Sr Senator:
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- More job training and more R&D tax credits. (Oct 2010)
- Contractors without health insurance aren't good jobs. (Oct 2010)
- Fight for job creation and aid to small businesses. (Mar 2010)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
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Susan Bysiewicz on Jobs
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Democratic Challenger (Lost primary):
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- Will create new manufacturing jobs in CT. (Jan 2012)
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Dan Carter on Jobs
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| Republican candidate for Senate:
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John Flynn on Jobs
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| Republican Challenger:
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Linda McMahon on Jobs
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Republican Challenger:
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- Integrated strategy for workforce skills development. (Aug 2018)
- We need to send job-creators to Washington. (Apr 2012)
- Six-point jobs growth plan; cut taxes for the middle class. (Apr 2012)
- Minimum wage increases harm small businesses. (Oct 2010)
- WWE has created 20 jobs annually for 28 years. (Oct 2010)
- People create jobs, not governments. (Sep 2010)
- Opposed to Card Check legislation. (Jul 2010)
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Christopher Shays on Jobs
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Republican Representative (CT-4):
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- I was part of the solution in Congress on creating jobs. (Jun 2012)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 27% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Joe Visconti on Jobs
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Republican Challenger:
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- Opposes state public employee unions. (Apr 2017)
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