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Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016/Labor and employment

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Lindsey Graham suspended his presidential run on December 21, 2015.[1]



  • Lindsey Graham co-sponsored S.30 - the Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015. The Affordable Care Act defines full time employment as 30 hours per week. S.30 proposed changing the definition of full time employment to 40 hours per week.[2]
  • Graham co-sponsored S.1335 - the Pilot's Bill of Rights, which protects pilots from being treated unfairly by the Federal Aviation Administration. It became law on August 3, 2012.[3]
  • In May 2011, after "the National Labor Relations Board moved to stop Boeing from building airplanes at a nonunion plant in South Carolina," Sens. Graham, Lamar Alexander and Jim DeMint "introduced the Job Protection Act (S. 964), a bill to preserve federal law’s existing protections of state right-to-work laws."[4][5]
  • In 2011, Graham voted for S.Amdt.14 to S.223, which proposed ending collective bargaining rights for Transportation Security Administration employees.[6]
  • In 2011, Graham sponsored S.1523 - the Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act, which proposed amending the National Labor Relations Act to deny the National Labor Relations Board the ability to "order an employer (or seek an order against an employer) to restore or reinstate any work, product, production line, or equipment; (2) rescind any relocation, transfer, subcontracting, outsourcing, or other change regarding the location, entity, or employer who shall be engaged in production or other business operations; or (3) require any employer to make an initial or additional investment at a particular plant, facility, or location."[7]
  • Graham co-sponsored H.R.1180 - the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, which states that a "disabled beneficiary may use a TWSSP ticket issued by the Commissioner to obtain employment, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services, pursuant to an appropriate individual beneficiary work plan that meets specified requirements." It became law on December 17, 1999.[8]

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  1. ↑ NPR, "Lindsey Graham Ends Presidential Bid," December 21, 2015
  2. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.30 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015,” accessed January 22, 2015
  3. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.1335 - Pilot's Bill of Right,” accessed January 22, 2015
  4. ↑ Senate.gov, “Graham, DeMint, Alexander Introduce Job Protection Act,” accessed January 26, 2015
  5. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.964 - Job Protection Act,” accessed January 26, 2015
  6. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.Amdt.14 to S.223,” accessed January 22, 2015
  7. ↑ Congress.gov, “S.1523 - Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act,” accessed January 22, 2015
  8. ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.1180 - Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999," accessed January 22, 2015
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