Editing Rob Portman (section)

===Jobs===
In 2014, Portman voted against reauthorizing long-term unemployment benefits to 1.7 million jobless Americans. He expressed concern about the inclusion of a provision in the bill that would allow companies to make smaller contributions to employee pension funds.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/unemployment-extension-senate_n_4739526.html|title=Unemployment Insurance Extension Fails Again In Senate|last=Delaney|first=Arthur|date=February 6, 2014|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> In April 2014 Portman voted to extend federal funding for unemployment benefits.  Federal funding had been initiated in 2008 and expired at the end of 2013.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper = The Washington Post | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/07/senate-passes-extension-to-unemployment-insurance-bill-heads-to-house/ | title = Senate passes extension to unemployment insurance, bill heads to House | first= Wesley | last = Lowery | access-date= July 21, 2015 | date = April 7, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, Portman opposed the [[Minimum Wage Fairness Act]], a bill to phase in, over two years, an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.<ref name="1737sum">{{cite web|title=S. 1737 – Summary|date=April 2, 2014|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1737|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> The bill was strongly supported by President [[Barack Obama]] and congressional Democrats, but strongly opposed by congressional Republicans.<ref name="ObamaClearChoice">{{cite news|last=Sink|first=Justin|title=Obama: Congress has 'clear choice' on minimum wage|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/202475-obama-congress-has-clear-choice-on-minimum-wage/|access-date=April 9, 2014|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=April 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Reidpunts">{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Alexander|title=Reid punts on minimum-wage hike|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/202964-reid-punts-on-minimum-wage-hike/|access-date=April 9, 2014|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=April 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="CentristRepubs">{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Alexander|title=Centrist Republicans cool to minimum wage hike compromise|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/202641-centrist-republicans-cool-to-wage-compromise/|access-date=April 9, 2014|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Portman voted for an amendment to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow employees to earn paid sick time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senate passes budget after lengthy, politically charged 'Vote-a-rama' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-senators-are-using-vote-a-rama-to-score-political-points-for-2016/2015/03/26/0e8d3970-d3f6-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html |date=March 27, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>