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If you really want to discuss Ernst’s failed record, let’s do it:
The Phase Two relief bill included paid family leave – but after spending her career opposed to the measure, @JoniErnst voted for the Johnson amendment to strip it from relief.
The amendment was rejected 50-48. https://twitter.com/TeamJoni/status/1296148706140594179
The Phase Two relief bill included paid family leave – but after spending her career opposed to the measure, @JoniErnst voted for the Johnson amendment to strip it from relief.
The amendment was rejected 50-48. https://twitter.com/TeamJoni/status/1296148706140594179
Then, @JoniErnst again voted against paid family leave – opposing the Murray amendment to expand paid family leave during public health emergencies.
The amendment was rejected 47-51.
The amendment was rejected 47-51.
In the CARES Act, @JoniErnst voted to jam through McConnell's version with a $500b corporate slush fund that could have allowed wealthy execs to fire workers and then give themselves bonuses using taxpayer money.
The motion was rejected 47-47. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/democrats-slush-fund-republican-rescue-package-143565
The motion was rejected 47-47. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/democrats-slush-fund-republican-rescue-package-143565
The next day, @JoniErnst again voted to push it through despite continued demands for stronger worker protections and restrictions on the use of funds.
The motion was rejected 49-46.
The motion was rejected 49-46.
After @JoniErnst failed to push through this harmful agenda, Democrats added stronger oversight, anti-corruption measures, and restrictions to take the "slush" out of the fund and help ensure workers were protected from corporate greed.
Then, @JoniErnst set her sights on cutting relief for Iowans who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
Ernst voted for the Sasse amendment to roll back the $600/week enhanced unemployment benefits.
The amendment was rejected 48-48.
Ernst voted for the Sasse amendment to roll back the $600/week enhanced unemployment benefits.
The amendment was rejected 48-48.
That same week @JoniErnst attacked jobless benefits, over 55,000 Iowans filed for unemployment for the first time, with over 110,000 out of work in total.
Of course, @JoniErnst knows it's an election year, so she tried to cover her tracks.
Ernst used a COVID press conference to try to take credit for paid family leave and jobless benefits, but if she had her way, her big corporate donors would have won and Iowans would have lost.
Ernst used a COVID press conference to try to take credit for paid family leave and jobless benefits, but if she had her way, her big corporate donors would have won and Iowans would have lost.
