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These are some of the key issues that Senator Stabenow is fighting for:

  • Affordable Health Coverage for Michigan Businesses

    132,000 small businesses in Michigan may be eligible for the new small business tax credit that makes it easier for businesses to provide coverage to their workers and makes premiums more affordable. Small businesses pay, on average, 18 percent more than large businesses for the same coverage, and health insurance premiums have gone up three times faster than wages in the past 10 years. This tax credit is just the first step towards bringing those costs down and making coverage affordable for small businesses.
  • Battery Innovation Act

    Senator Debbie Stabenow believes Michigan and the rest of the United States needs to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. Already, Michigan is leading the nation in advanced battery manufacturing. To leverage that success, Senator Debbie Stabenow has authored the Battery Innovation Act.
  • Biobased Manufacturing

    Today's business leaders are combining the two largest sectors of our economy - manufacturing and agriculture. Across our state, entrepreneurs are using new technologies to make things in Michigan with Michigan-grown products. Senator Stabenow is committed to supporting these Michigan innovators to spur new job growth. "When we grow things and make things in Michigan, we create jobs in Michigan." -U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
  • Building a 21st Century Manufacturing Strategy

    Senator Stabenow is leading the effort in the Senate to create a 21st century manufacturing strategy that will provide long-term energy solutions, create good-paying manufacturing jobs, and revitalize manufacturing across the country. 
  • Canadian Trash

    Senators Stabenow and Levin entered into a groundbreaking agreement with Ontario officials to phase out and stop, by the end of 2010, the dumping of 1.5 million tons of Ontario's municipally-managed trash in Michigan. Ontario officials report that as of December 31, 2010, Toronto and three other Ontario municipalities ceased shipping their waste to Michigan. This equates to over 40,000 truckloads of trash that would have been dumped in Michigan each year without this agreement.
  • Charging America Forward Act

    Senator Debbie Stabenow believes Michigan and the rest of the United States needs to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. Already, Michigan is leading the nation in manufacturing plug-in electric vehicles, advanced batteries, and their component parts.
  • Making Health Care Affordable

    When it comes to health care, our families and businesses are in a serious crisis. High health care costs are causing cuts in benefits and increases in premiums, adding to the ranks of the uninsured at alarming rates. But the impact of this problem goes beyond individual families. Skyrocketing health care costs make our businesses less competitive in the global marketplace and cost us good-paying jobs.
  • Permanent Prevention of Asian Carp Act

    Asian Carp pose a serious threat to our Great Lakes and our economy - threatening our $7 billion dollar recreational fishing industry and $16 billion recreational boating industry, both of which create thousands of jobs in Michigan. The discovery of Asian Carp very close to Lake Michigan should serve as a wake-up call to government agencies about the urgency of this situation.  Senator Debbie Stabenow has been working with Senators from neighboring Great Lakes states on legislation to erect barriers to prevent the spread of Asian Carp into Lake Michigan.  
  • Protecting our Great Lakes

    The Great Lakes and Michigan's water resources are a vital part of Michigan's identity and are critical to our economy including tourism, agriculture, manufacturing and commercial shipping. They contain one-fifth of the world's fresh water, and supply safe drinking water to thirty-three million people. Senator Stabenow is committed to protecting this critical economic asset.
  • Renewable Energy Loan & Grant Resources

    A list of helpful links with information on renewable energy and the application process for grants and loans
  • Selling Michigan’s Agriculture: A guide to exporting our products

    Michigan grows an incredible variety of crops, second only to California in crop diversity. Our products are in high demand all over the world, with Michigan farmers and producers shipping over $1 billion of goods to countries like Mexico, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Germany.
  • Small Business Jobs Act

    As a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow has been working to create the right economic conditions for small businesses to create jobs. The credit crunch has kept many of Michigan's small businesses from accessing the credit they need to expand and hire workers.    
  • Standing Up for Michigan’s Auto Industry

    On the night of December 11, 2008, politicians across the country were abandoning the American auto industry. Most were calling for the complete liquidation of the companies. But Senator Debbie Stabenow stood up in the crowded Senate chamber that night and gave an impassioned defense of the importance of manufacturing jobs. She said, "You cannot walk away from the American auto industry and not affect every part of manufacturing in this country."  

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Marquette, MI 49855
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Washington, DC 20510
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Grand Rapids, MI 49525
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