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Governor, Mayors and Pundits:
Richard Cordray on Jobs
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Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio:
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- No right-to-work law (keep mandated union dues). (Oct 2018)
- Raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. (Oct 2018)
- Endorsed by unions: Give control back to workers. (Mar 2018)
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Marcia Fudge on Jobs
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HUD Secretary:
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- Collective bargaining rights a top priority. (Dec 2020)
- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- 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)
- Raise minimum wage to 15% above poverty level. (Jan 2015)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Jon Husted on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Ohio Governor:
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Dennis Kucinich on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (OH-10):
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- I’m the one candidate who comes from the working class. (Nov 2007)
- Put unemployed to work rebuilding infrastructure. (Nov 2007)
- Require all government agencies to follow ENDA for GLBT jobs. (Aug 2007)
- Restore right to organize; to collective bargain; to strike. (Aug 2007)
- Would accept minimum wage as president, reluctantly. (Jul 2007)
- Works Green Administration: WGA creates green jobs, like WPA. (Jun 2007)
- Cancel tax cuts for the rich. (Nov 2003)
- Rebuild infrastructure with a program like FDR’s WPA. (Sep 2003)
- Shift USDA funds from agribusiness to family farmers. (Aug 2003)
- Labor defends workers when corporations attack. (Aug 2003)
- Right to a job and to decent wages. (Aug 2003)
- Labor protections; not binding employer arbitration. (Aug 2003)
- Genetically-engineered food is an issue of freedom of choice. (Aug 2003)
- Address plight of small farmer by canceling NAFTA & WTO. (Aug 2003)
- Break apart monopolistic agribusiness companies. (Aug 2003)
- National ban on packer ownership of livestock. (Aug 2003)
- Farm worker safety by fining employers. (Aug 2003)
- Invest in rural America. (Aug 2003)
- Enshrine workers’ rights in a workers’ White House. (May 2003)
- Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. (May 2003)
- Engrave into stone the rights of working people. (Aug 2002)
Voting Record
- Give teeth to the National Labor Relations Act. (Feb 2007)
- Raise minimum wage to over $8.50. (Jan 2004)
- Repeal portions of Taft-Hartley Act; enhance right to strike. (Aug 2003)
- 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 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)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 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)
- Member of House Education and Labor Committee. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- 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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Connie Pillich on Jobs
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Democratic candidate for Governor:
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Jim Renacci on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Governor (switched to Senate race):
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- No increase in federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $10.10. (Oct 2018)
- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Rated 83% by CEI, indicating a mixed voting record on Big Labor. (May 2012)
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Tim Ryan on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (OH-17); Presidential Challenger (withdrawn):
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- Create national Chief Manufacturing Officer. (Jul 2019)
- Middle-class need 2 or 3 jobs just to get by. (Jul 2019)
- Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour. (Jul 2019)
- Rebuild the middle class: just getting by not enough. (Apr 2019)
- Public/private partnership to rebuild manufacturing base. (Apr 2019)
- Progressive goals should be sold as job creation. (Mar 2019)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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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Joe Schiavoni on Jobs
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Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor:
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- Protect collective bargaining rights. (Aug 2017)
- Raise minimum wage. (Aug 2017)
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Betty Sutton on Jobs
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Democrat:
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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)
- 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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Mary Taylor on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Governor:
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Nan Whaley on Jobs
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Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor:
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Senate:
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Sherrod Brown on Jobs
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Democratic Sr Senator; previously Representative (OH-13):
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- Increase federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $15. (Oct 2018)
- Our trade policy hemorrhages manufacturing jobs. (Dec 2005)
- 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 NO 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 NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 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)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- 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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Mike Gibbons on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Ohio U.S. Senator:
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- Opposes affirmative action hiring. (Apr 2018)
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Jim Renacci on Jobs
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Republican Challenger for OH Senator:
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- No increase in federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $10.10. (Oct 2018)
- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Rated 83% by CEI, indicating a mixed voting record on Big Labor. (May 2012)
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P.G. Sittenfeld on Jobs
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Democratic Senate challenger:
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- Raise minimum wage and close unfair loopholes. (Apr 2015)
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Ted Strickland on Jobs
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Democratic Governor; previously Representative (OH-6):
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- 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)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Increase small business access to credit. (May 2010)
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House:
Troy Balderson on Jobs
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Republican (District 12):
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Joyce Beatty on Jobs
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Democrat (District 3):
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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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John Boccieri on Jobs
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Democratic challenger (District 7):
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- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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John Boehner on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-8):
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- Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Sherrod Brown on Jobs
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Democratic Sr Senator; previously Representative (OH-13):
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- Increase federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $15. (Oct 2018)
- Our trade policy hemorrhages manufacturing jobs. (Dec 2005)
- 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 NO 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 NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 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)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- 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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Steve Chabot on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-1):
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- NLRB is skewed in favor of special-interest unions. (Jun 2016)
- Voted YES 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 NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO 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 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Warren Davidson on Jobs
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Republican (District 8):
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- Opposes federal wage controls & healthcare role. (Nov 2016)
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Marcia Fudge on Jobs
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Democrat (District 11):
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- Collective bargaining rights a top priority. (Dec 2020)
- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- 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)
- Raise minimum wage to 15% above poverty level. (Jan 2015)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Bob Gibbs on Jobs
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Republican (District 7):
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- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Member of House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 92% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)
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Anthony Gonzalez on Jobs
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Republican (District 16):
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- Expand opportunities in skilled trades. (May 2020)
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Bill Johnson on Jobs
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Republican (District 6):
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- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Rated 92% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)
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Jim Jordan on Jobs
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Republican:
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- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Voted NO on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)
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Dave Joyce on Jobs
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Republican (District 14):
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- Job creation is vital to our region's economy. (Nov 2012)
- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
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Marcy Kaptur on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (OH-9):
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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 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 NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 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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Bob Latta on Jobs
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Republican:
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- Voted YES 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)
- Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)
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Rob Portman on Jobs
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Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative (OH-2):
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- Opposed unemployment extension as unpaid-for, & needs reform. (Feb 2014)
- High unemployment rate creates Ohio brain drain. (Oct 2010)
- Toured 16 Ohio manufacturing plants to ask about economy. (Dec 2009)
- Great concern about card-check legislation. (Dec 2009)
- Trade creates more and better-paying jobs at home. (May 2005)
- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 13% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Jim Renacci on Jobs
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Republican (District 16):
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- No increase in federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $10.10. (Oct 2018)
- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Rated 83% by CEI, indicating a mixed voting record on Big Labor. (May 2012)
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Tim Ryan on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (OH-17); Presidential Challenger (withdrawn):
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- Create national Chief Manufacturing Officer. (Jul 2019)
- Middle-class need 2 or 3 jobs just to get by. (Jul 2019)
- Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour. (Jul 2019)
- Rebuild the middle class: just getting by not enough. (Apr 2019)
- Public/private partnership to rebuild manufacturing base. (Apr 2019)
- Progressive goals should be sold as job creation. (Mar 2019)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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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Steve Stivers on Jobs
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Republican (District 15):
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- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Rated 55% by CEI, indicating a mixed voting record on Big Labor. (May 2012)
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Pat Tiberi on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-12):
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- Voted YES 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 NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Rated 58% by CEI, indicating a mixed voting record on Big Labor. (May 2012)
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Mike Turner on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-3):
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- Voted YES 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 end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 25% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
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Brad Wenstrup on Jobs
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Republican (District 2):
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- Voted YES on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
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Former candidates & officeholders:
Mike DeWine on Jobs
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Republican candidate for Governor:
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- State can create job opportunities for disabled. (Mar 2019)
- Let states decide on minimum wage. (Oct 2018)
- Voted NO on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Voted YES on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
- Rated 0% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
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John Kasich on Jobs
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Republican Governor; previously Representative (OH-12); 2000 & 2016 candidate for President:
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- Work is a good and noble thing, for purpose & satisfaction. (Apr 2017)
- No local vote on $15 minimum wage; keep $8.10. (Dec 2016)
- I created jobs in Congress & in Ohio; let's make it thrice. (Nov 2015)
- When you balance the budget & cut taxes, people get work. (Nov 2015)
- Don't raise minimum wage willy-nilly, & do it at state level. (Sep 2015)
- Limit collective-bargaining rights for public employees. (Mar 2015)
- 2011: Public employee union reforms overturned by voters. (Feb 2015)
- No strikes allowed for public employees. (Nov 2013)
- Let employers hire replacement workers during strikes. (Jun 1993)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Ted Strickland on Jobs
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Democratic Governor; previously Representative (OH-6):
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- 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)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Increase small business access to credit. (May 2010)
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Bob Taft on Jobs
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Republican OH Governor:
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- Full review of farm policy; more state flexibility. (May 2001)
- State instead of federal rules for animal operations. (Nov 1999)
- Immediate federal assistance for farm crisis. (Sep 1999)
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Frank Cremeans on Jobs
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Republican Former (1994-) (District 6):
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- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Mike DeWine on Jobs
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Former Republican Senator (lost re-election, 2006):
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- State can create job opportunities for disabled. (Mar 2019)
- Let states decide on minimum wage. (Oct 2018)
- Voted NO on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Voted YES on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
- Rated 0% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
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Eric Fingerhut on Jobs
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2004 former Democratic challenger; previously US Rep:
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Paul Gillmor on Jobs
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Republican (Deceased 2007) (District 5):
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- Voted NO 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 YES 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 20% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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John Glenn on Jobs
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Democratic Senator (Former):
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- Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted NO on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
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Tony Hall on Jobs
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Democrat (until 2002) (District 3):
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- 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)
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Martin Hoke on Jobs
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Republican Former (1994-) (District 10):
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- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Steve Austria on Jobs
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Republican (Retiring 2012) (District 7):
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- Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)
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Jennifer Brunner on Jobs
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2010 Dem. Senate Challenger; currently Secretary of State:
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- Jobs are my number one issue. (Dec 2009)
- Secret ballot vote on union collective bargaining. (Dec 2009)
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Kevin Coughlin on Jobs
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Former Republican Senate Primary Challenger (2012):
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Eric Deaton on Jobs
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2010 Constitution Party challenger:
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- Job loss affects citizens more than any federal politicians. (Feb 2010)
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Steven Driehaus on Jobs
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Democrat (until 2010) (District 1):
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- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Lee Fisher on Jobs
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2010 Democratic Senate Challenger; currently Lt. Gov.:
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- Incentive for Ohio jobs rather than breaks for jobs overseas. (Oct 2010)
- OpEd: In charge of job creation when Ohio lost 400,000 jobs. (Oct 2010)
- Enforce collective bargaining and prevailing wage laws. (Dec 2009)
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Paul Hackett on Jobs
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Democratic challenger:
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Dave Hobson on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-7):
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- Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (OH-11):
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- 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 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)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
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John Kasich on Jobs
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Republican Governor; previously Representative (OH-12); 2000 & 2016 candidate for President:
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- Work is a good and noble thing, for purpose & satisfaction. (Apr 2017)
- No local vote on $15 minimum wage; keep $8.10. (Dec 2016)
- I created jobs in Congress & in Ohio; let's make it thrice. (Nov 2015)
- When you balance the budget & cut taxes, people get work. (Nov 2015)
- Don't raise minimum wage willy-nilly, & do it at state level. (Sep 2015)
- Limit collective-bargaining rights for public employees. (Mar 2015)
- 2011: Public employee union reforms overturned by voters. (Feb 2015)
- No strikes allowed for public employees. (Nov 2013)
- Let employers hire replacement workers during strikes. (Jun 1993)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Mary Jo Kilroy on Jobs
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Democrat (until 2010) (District 15):
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- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Dennis Kucinich on Jobs
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Democratic Representative (OH-10):
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- I’m the one candidate who comes from the working class. (Nov 2007)
- Put unemployed to work rebuilding infrastructure. (Nov 2007)
- Require all government agencies to follow ENDA for GLBT jobs. (Aug 2007)
- Restore right to organize; to collective bargain; to strike. (Aug 2007)
- Would accept minimum wage as president, reluctantly. (Jul 2007)
- Works Green Administration: WGA creates green jobs, like WPA. (Jun 2007)
- Cancel tax cuts for the rich. (Nov 2003)
- Rebuild infrastructure with a program like FDR’s WPA. (Sep 2003)
- Shift USDA funds from agribusiness to family farmers. (Aug 2003)
- Labor defends workers when corporations attack. (Aug 2003)
- Right to a job and to decent wages. (Aug 2003)
- Labor protections; not binding employer arbitration. (Aug 2003)
- Genetically-engineered food is an issue of freedom of choice. (Aug 2003)
- Address plight of small farmer by canceling NAFTA & WTO. (Aug 2003)
- Break apart monopolistic agribusiness companies. (Aug 2003)
- National ban on packer ownership of livestock. (Aug 2003)
- Farm worker safety by fining employers. (Aug 2003)
- Invest in rural America. (Aug 2003)
- Enshrine workers’ rights in a workers’ White House. (May 2003)
- Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. (May 2003)
- Engrave into stone the rights of working people. (Aug 2002)
Voting Record
- Give teeth to the National Labor Relations Act. (Feb 2007)
- Raise minimum wage to over $8.50. (Jan 2004)
- Repeal portions of Taft-Hartley Act; enhance right to strike. (Aug 2003)
- 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 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)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 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)
- Member of House Education and Labor Committee. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- 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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Josh Mandel on Jobs
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Former Republican Nominee (withdrew 2018):
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Michael Oxley on Jobs
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Republican (District 4):
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- Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted YES on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Michael Pryce on Jobs
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Republican Challenger (lost 2012 primary):
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Ralph Regula on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-16):
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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 NO 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 YES 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 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Tom Sawyer on Jobs
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Democrat (District 14):
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- 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)
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Jean Schmidt on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-2):
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- 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 NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Member of House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 50% by CEI, indicating a mixed voting record on Big Labor. (May 2012)
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Zack Space on Jobs
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Democrat:
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- Loss of jobs overseas is serious, long term threat. (Nov 2006)
- 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)
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Louis Stokes on Jobs
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Democrat (retired 1998) (District 21):
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Jim Traficant on Jobs
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Democrat (District 17):
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- 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)
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George Voinovich on Jobs
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Republican Sr Senator (OH):
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- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
- Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES 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 NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
- Voted NO on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Rated 15% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
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Charlie Wilson on Jobs
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Democrat:
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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)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
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Steven LaTourette on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-14):
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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)
- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 33% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a mixed record on union issues. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Bob Ney on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-18):
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- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 20% 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 Portman on Jobs
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Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative (OH-2):
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- Opposed unemployment extension as unpaid-for, & needs reform. (Feb 2014)
- High unemployment rate creates Ohio brain drain. (Oct 2010)
- Toured 16 Ohio manufacturing plants to ask about economy. (Dec 2009)
- Great concern about card-check legislation. (Dec 2009)
- Trade creates more and better-paying jobs at home. (May 2005)
- Voted YES 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 YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 13% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Deborah Pryce on Jobs
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Republican Representative (OH-15):
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- 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 NO 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 YES 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 7% 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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Ted Strickland on Jobs
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Democratic Governor; previously Representative (OH-6):
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- 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)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Increase small business access to credit. (May 2010)
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Betty Sutton on Jobs
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Democrat:
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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)
- 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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