Ohio Dem. Says Republicans Obstruct Health Care Reform By Defending Practices of Insurance Companies
If we do nothing to reform health care, said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on CBS' "Face the Nation" this morning, "insurance premiums are going to double. I'm amazed as I hear Republican after Republican [...]
Sen. Sherrod Brown fought for a government run health plan he counted as a critical part of health care reform, but the Ohio Democrat is scheduled to go on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday morning talk show to praise a final product that doesn't include a public option.
GOP [...]
Following Sen. Brown's Legislation, Obama Administration Designates Piqua Site Employees as "Special Exposure Cohort"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today joined The National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) to release the Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger in America by 2015. The report outlines nine priorities to address President Obama’s goal of ending child hunger in the U.S. by [...]
A bipartisan motor-coach safety bill, a Sen. Sherrod Brown co-authored measure prompted by the fatal 2007 crash of a bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team, was approved this morning by a Senate committee.
Today, we remember the Bluffton University baseball players and their families as we move one [...]
WASHINGTON — A Chillicothe paper mill is losing millions of dollars in sales after becoming the unintended victim of an international trade fight sparked by the shutdown of a pilot program letting Mexican trucks operate in the United States.
Enough is enough, says Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, who wrote to [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) announced a bipartisan amendment to the health reform bill which would protect access to clinical trials for patients with life-threatening diseases. The amendment would prohibit insurers from dropping a policyholder’s coverage if the patient [...]
Sen Sherrod Brown wants the health care bill being debated in the Senate to include a provision protecting consumers with life-threatening illnesses from losing insurance coverage if they participate in a clinical trial.
The Ohio Democrat has co-authored a bipartisan amendment with GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas [...]
Sen. Sherrod Brown is backing a plan unveiled today by Vice President Biden to expand a clean energy manufacturing tax credit cap to $5 billion - as long as the money goes to create jobs in the United States.
The Ohio Democrat said that he is concerned about reports [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of United States Senator Sherrod Brown and this post has been updated at 4:40 p.m. to include a release by Governor Ted Strickland on the same issue:
SEN. Brown Statement on Obama Administration MANUFACTURING PLAN
Brown, Who Has Conducted a Series of Hearings on [...]
A former Senate staffer for Ohio's Sherrod Brown and the late Senator Edward Kennedy was charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Senate of excess of $75,000 in pay and bonuses.
Authorities charge that Ngozi Pole, a former office manager for Brown and Kennedy, filled out paperwork to improperly boost his [...]
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), today announced $6,286,000 in federal funds to support infrastructure and manufacturing research and development projects in Ohio. The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded funding for three new Ohio research projects in Cuyahoga, Franklin, and [...] U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced the Senate passage of $27,434,900 in funds that will invest in critical programs and services across Ohio. The funds were included in the Fiscal 2010 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which combined several individual appropriations bills that had yet to be fully [...] 
When I was first elected to serve in the House of Representatives, I made a promise to Ohioans that I would not accept the Congressional health insurance plan until all Americans had affordable health insurance. Even though I'm serving in the United States Senate now, I'm keeping [...]
Did you know his daughter worked for the SEIU?
The poster boy for these two broken promises is Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown. If you’ve never heard of Senator Brown he is probably most famous for being mistaken for an African-American by Rush Limbaugh because of his name. He is actually [...]
Sen. Sherrod Brown was quick to say today how much he likes at least one part of President Obamas jobs creation proposal perhaps because it mirrors Browns own legislation.
The Ohio Democrat earlier this year wrote a bill temporarily raising the ceiling on some Small Business Administration [...]
Representing the progressive wing of his party, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is one of 10 Democratic senators holed up today in search of a final health care reform bill compromise - at least one amenable to all Democrats - on how to implement a government-run insurance plan.
Brown [...]
Results are unofficial, but U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown appears to have surged in the final hours to claim the title of OhioDaily 2009 Ohio Democrat of the Year. A formal announcement is coming this afternoon.
[...]For more than a week, Sen. Sherrod Brown and his staff tried to get his name attached as a co-sponsor to a Republican health care amendment. Nine times his staff members contacted the office of GOP senators and nine times they came away without any answer.
So today, Brown, [...]
I know some of us rolled our eyes about the dozenth time we heard Sherrod Brown on the campaign trail back in 2006 yammering on hoarsely about trade with enthusiasm of a deeply knowledgable professor, jazzed on his subject, talking over his listeners' heads.
Turns out he wasn't, and between [...]
If the reaction by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is any indication, President Obama still has a way to go to win over fellow Democrats, even after the commander in chiefs nationally televised speech tonight laying out his Afghanistan strategy.
Brown before the speech said he was very skeptical [...]
Ahead of President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday when the president is expected to outline plans to send another 30,000 or more troops to Afghanistan, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio says he remains "very skeptical" about such a move by his fellow Democrat in the White House.
It's' [...]
From Senator Sherrod Brown’s email (my TWENTY-FIFTH Happy Thanksgiving email from a politician):
I’m personally most thankful to have all our kids living in Ohio again, and look forward to spending as much time with them as I can. On Thanksgiving, we’ll be gathering at my brother Bob’s house and the [...]
Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show (guest hosted by Lawrence O'Donnell), Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown again gave us reason to be proud.
In stark contrast to Sen. Voinovich's no show on the vote to proceed with debate this weekend, Sen. Brown has thrust himself to the forefront of the' [...]
This weekend (until Noon Monday) is the final qualifying round for OhioDaily Democrat of the Year 2009. In early December, our readers will select from one of nine candidates. The top three finishers this weekend will compete with Betty Sutton, Sherrod Brown, Jennifer Brunner, Jay Goyal, Richard Cordray, and Ted [...]
It seems like a long shot, but Buckeye Staters who want this country to be saved from statist health care ought to pursue it any way.
After spending 25 minutes on hold waiting to talk to someone at Sherrod Brown’s Washington Office, I was told that the Senator [...]
