IOWA
      Nov. 4, 2014 U.S. Senate


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BRUCE BRALEY
Bringing Small Town Values to Solve Problems and Get Things Done.
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MEET BRUCE BRALEY
I grew up in small town Brooklyn, Iowa. My father enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War II when he was 17 years old and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima. When he returned home, he met my mother at a Farm Bureau youth club meeting. My parents were both raised on farms in Iowa during the Great Depression.

When I was 2, my father was injured at the grain elevator where he worked, so my mother went back to school to earn her teaching degree so she could help support the family. She is still substitute teaching today in Brooklyn, Iowa.

I got my first job in the 3rd grade delivering newspapers and I've been working ever since to put myself through college (Iowa State) and law school (University of Iowa). I've done it all from building roads and bridges for the Poweshiek County Roads Department, truck driving, waiting tables, working as a janitor, farm work and tending bar. The values I learned from my family and from my small town community have stuck with me to this day.

In 1983 I married my wife, Carolyn, and moved to Waterloo, where I worked as an attorney, representing people against some of the most powerful corporations in the world. I stood up for factory workers challenging unsafe company policies, for people who lost their jobs and pensions and represented small businesses struggling with government red tape. I worked hard to help those who needed a voice most, and that's what I've done in Congress.

Carolyn and I have three children—Lisa, David, and Paul— and still live in Waterloo. Our kids all graduated from Waterloo West High School, where Carolyn works as a social studies teacher.
 
"I grew up in Brooklyn, Iowa where my mom was a school teacher and my dad worked at a grain elevator. Growing up in a small town, I learned to value a hard day's work and to help a neighbor in need."
– Bruce Braley                 


BRUCE BRALEY: WORKING FOR YOU AND SOLVING PROBLEMS
BRALEY'S RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 
• Introduced and passed into law the Combat Veterans Back to Work Act that provided tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed veterans returning from service.

• Wrote the New Era Act creating a new grant program for community colleges
in Iowa to train workers for good paying jobs in the renewable energy industry.

• Fought to pass a bipartisan Farm Bill to ensure farmers have a sufficient safety net.

• Wrote the Back to Work Act which gave employers a payroll tax cut if they hired an unemployed worker -helping to put over 100,000 Iowans to work.

• Worked to make the Adoption Tax Credit permanent for families adopting a child in need.

• Passed the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act to expand the adaptive
housing grant program for disabled veterans.         

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What Issues Are Important To You:
Jobs and the Economy
Energy
Veterans Affairs
Health Care
Foreign Affairs
Infrastructure
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Environment
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When It Comes to Helping Iowa's Middle Class,
BRUCE BRALEY Will Put Iowa First
 
 Growing up in a small town teaches valuable lessons. Lessons about hard work, integrity and making ends meet. Lessons that guide how I look at issues today and shape ideas to help Iowa's middle class succeed.

As Iowa's next Senator, I will support policies that:
  • Increase the federal minimum wage
  • Reduce fees banks charge for student loans
  • Protect Social Security and Medicare from cuts
"Growing up in a small town taught me the importance of working together to get things done. It's why I will work with anybody, from both parties, to help Iowa's middle class get ahead." – Bruce Braley

Learn more at:
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@BruceBraley
facebook.com/BruceBraley
 
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Where Do They Stand?
Iowa's U.S. Senate Candidates
ON THE ISSUES
 Bruce Braley
 Joni Ernst
Minimum Wage
 Increase it to $10.10.
 Thinks $15,000 a year is "appropriate for Iowa."
Would repeal federal minimum wage.1
Medicare
 Preserve and protect benefits.
 Would change Medicare to a Voucher system.2
Social Security
 Strengthen and protect. 
Opposes Privatization.
 Privatize for younger workers, endangering current benefits, tie future benefits to Wall Street.3
Farm Bill
 Supported it.
 Opposed it.4
Tax Cuts
 Supports tax cuts and credits for working families.
 Supports a new national sales tax of up to 23 percent.5
Women's Health Care
 Medical decisions best left between women and their doctors.
 Sponsored an amendment to outlaw abortion - even in cases of rape or incest - which would have criminally punished doctors who performed abortions.6

Joni Ernst is WRONG for Iowa.


1NFIB Senate Forum, Des Moines, IA 3/18/14; 2Senate Vote on SR 15 - Iowa State Senate Journal 6/27/11; 3Des Moines Register 5/9/14; 4US News & World Report6/23/14; 5 Simon Conway Show 2/5/14; 6Des Moines Register 4/25/13.