Iowa Republicans Delivered a Gut Punch to Iowa Workers

The Iowa House and Senate have passed unemployment cuts Over the next 10 years, the bills will take $750 million to $1 billion from working Iowans who lose their job through no fault of their own while they transition to a new job.
 

All Democrats voted against the cuts in both Chambers and only 2 Republicans in each Chamber joined the Democrats in opposition: House (McClintock, Graber), Senate (Nunn, Reichman).

 
Please reach out to the Legislators who voted against these cuts and thank them for their commitment to Iowa workers.  The bill includes cutting the unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 16 weeks and institutes a 1 week waiting period before unemployment benefits can be applied for.

House Vote Count

Ako Abdul-Samad- Democrat- Not voted
Marti Anderson- Democrat- No 
Eddie Andrews- Republican- Yes
Robert Bacon- Republican- Yes 
Terry Baxter- Republican- Yes 
Liz Bennett- Democrat- No
Michael Bergan- Republican- Yes
Brian Best- Republican- Yes
Jane Bloomingdale- Republican- Yes
Brooke Boden- Republican- Yes
Christina Bohannan- Democrat- No
Jacob Bossman- Republican- Yes
Mike Bousselot- Republican- Yes
Steven Bradley- Republican- Yes
Holly Brink- Republican- Yes
Timi Brown-Powers- Democrat- No
Dennis Bush- Republican- Yes 
Sue Cahill- Democrat- No
Mark Cisneros- Republican- Yes
Dennis Cohoon- Democrat- No
Dave Deyoe- Republican- Yes
Cecil Dolecheck- Republican- Yes
Molly Donahue- Democrat- No
Jon Dunwell- Republican- Yes
Tracy Ehlert- Democrat- No 
Dean Fisher- Republican- Yes 
John Forbes- Democrat- No
Joel Fry- Republican- Yes
Ruth Ann Gaines- Democrat- Not voted
Thomas Gerhold- Republican- Yes
Eric Gjerde- Democrat- No
Garrett Gobble- Republican- Yes
Martin Graber- Republican- No 
Pat Grassley- Republican- Yes
Stan Gustafson- Republican- Yes
Chris Hall- Democrat- No
Steven Hansen- Democrat- No
Lee Hein- Republican- Yes
Dustin Hite- Republican- Yes
Steven Holt- Republican- Yes
Bruce Hunter- Democrat- No
Chad Ingels- Republican- Yes
Charles Isenhart- Democrat- No
Jon Jacobsen- Republican- Yes 
Dave Jacoby- Democrat- Not voted
Lindsay James- Democrat- Not voted 
Tom Jeneary- Republican- Yes 
Megan Jones- Republican- Yes
Kenan Judge- Democrat- No 
Bobby Kaufmann- Republican- Yes
David Kerr- Republican- Yes
Jarad Klein- Republican- Yes
Jennifer Konfrst- Democrat- No 
Bob Kressig- Democrat- No 
Monica Kurth- Democrat- No
Shannon Latham- Republican- Yes
Brian Lohse- Republican- Yes
Shannon Lundgren- Republican- Yes 
Mary Mascher- Democrat- No
David Maxwell- Republican- Yes 
Charlie McClintock- Republican- No
Charlie McConkey- Democrat- No
Ann Meyer- Republican- Yes
Brian Meyer- Democrat- No
Joe Mitchell- Republican- Yes 
Gary Mohr- Republican- Yes 
Norlin Mommsen- Republican- Yes
Thomas Moore- Republican- Yes
Amy Nielsen- Democrat- No
Carter Nordman- Republican- Yes 
Jo Oldson- Democrat- No
Rick Olson- Democrat- No
Anne Osmundson- Republican- Yes 
Ross Paustian- Republican- Yes
Todd Prichard- Democrat- No
Kirsten Running-Marquardt- Democrat- No
Sandy Salmon- Republican- Yes
Mike Sexton- Republican- Yes
Jeff Shipley- Republican- Yes
David Sieck- Republican- Yes
Brent Siegrist- Republican- Yes 
RasTafari Smith- Democrat- No 
Ray Sorensen- Republican- Yes
Art Staed- Democrat- No
Sharon Steckman- Democrat- No
Henry Stone- Republican- Yes
Kristin Sunde- Democrat- No 
Phyllis Thede- Democrat- No 
Phil Thompson- Republican- Yes
Jon Thorup- Republican- Yes
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell- Democrat- No
Cherielynn Westrich- Republican- Yes
Skyler Wheeler- Republican- Yes
Ross Wilburn- Democrat- Not Voted
Dave Williams- Democrat- No
John Wills- Republican- Yes
Cindy Winckler- Democrat- No
Matt Windschitl- Republican- Yes
Mary Wolfe- Democrat- No 
Gary Worthan- Republican- Yes

5 Democrats were not present for the vote.

All Rs were present for the vote. 

Yes votes: 58 (All Rs). 

No votes: 37 (All Ds that were present and 2 Rs). 

Senate Vote Count

Tony Bisignano Democrat- No
Joe Bolkcom- Democrat- No
Nate Boulton- Democrat- No
Waylon Brown- Republican- Yes
Jim Carlin- Republican- Yes
Claire Celsi- Democrat- No
Jake Chapman- Republican- Yes
Mark Costello- Republican- Yes
Chris Cournoyer – Republican- Yes
Dan Dawson- Republican- Yes
Adrian Dickey- Republican- Yes
William A. Dotzler Jr.- Democrat – No
Dawn Driscoll- Republican- Yes
Jeff Edler- Republican- Yes
Julian B. Garrett – Republican- Yes
Eric Giddens- Democrat- No
Tim Goodwin- Republican- Yes
Jesse Green- Republican- Yes
Dennis Guth- Republican- Yes
Robert Hogg- Democrat- No
Pam Jochum- Democrat- No
Craig Johnson- Republican- Yes
Kevin Kinney- Democrat- No
Mike Klimesh- Republican- Yes
Carrie Koelker- Republican- Yes
Tim Kraayenbrink- Republican- Yes
Mark S. Lofgren- Republican- Yes
Jim Lykam- Democrat- No 
Liz Mathis- Democrat- No
Zach Nunn- Republican- No
Janet Petersen- Democrat- No
Herman C. Quirmbach- Democrat- No
Amanda Ragan- Democrat- No
Jeff Reichman- Republican- No
David D. Rowley- Republican- Yes
Ken Rozenboom- Republican- Yes
Jason Schultz- Republican- Yes
Tom Shipley- Republican- Yes
Amy Sinclair- Republican- Yes
Jackie Smith- Democrat- No
Roby Smith- Republican- Yes
Annette Sweeney- Republican- Yes
Jeff Taylor- Republican- Yes
Todd E. Taylor- Democrat- No
Sarah Trone Garriott- Democrat- No 
Zach Wahls- Democrat- No
Jack Whitver- Republican- Yes
Craig Steven Williams- Republican- Yes
Brad Zaun- Republican- Yes
Dan Zumbach- Republican- Yes

All Senators were present for the vote. 

Yes votes: 30 (all Rs).

No votes: 20 (all Ds and 2 Rs).