Al is fighting to help Minnesota businesses create good jobs for the middle class, bring new industries to our state, and set our nation on a path towards smart budgets and strong growth.
With businesses and working families alike struggling in the wake of a devastating recession, Al knows that getting our economy moving again is job one.
Although he wasn’t yet in the Senate at the time it passed, Al supported the Recovery Act, and he continues to fight to ensure that Minnesota gets its fair share of its benefits. A full 98 percent of Minnesotans have benefited from tax cuts in the law, and it has helped the state keep hundreds of public safety officers and thousands of teachers and social service workers on the job.
Al also supported a bipartisan compromise that extended tax cuts for the middle class and implemented a payroll tax holiday while extending unemployment benefits to keep those still searching for work afloat.
Moving forward, Al is committed to a balanced approach to deficit reduction. He has proposed hundreds of billions of dollars in savings—from eliminating subsidies for oil companies to cutting unnecessary defense spending to allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices on pharmaceuticals under Part D—but has also insisted that major corporations and the wealthiest Americans share in the sacrifice.
But Al knows that cuts and revenues alone won’t fix the deficit—we need growth to get our economy going, help struggling businesses and families, and improve our fiscal outlook. He continues to fight for smart investments in education, infrastructure, and research and development that could create good-paying jobs and entire new industries for Minnesota.
Meanwhile, as a member of four unions—and an early and steadfast supporter of legislation allowing workers to form a union if they want one—Al continues to fight for the interests of working Minnesotans, from their health and safety on the job to their ability to collect the pensions they’ve earned over a lifetime of hard work.
