The following is a statement released by Mark Sanders, President of the Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters: “This morning, the Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters has endorsed our good friend Sherrod Brown as United States Senator.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has scheduled a news conference today to highlight the Bring Jobs Home Act — legislation designed to stem the flow of jobs moved offshore by American companies to countries like Mexico, China or India.
Two Senate Democrats unveiled a proposal on Tuesday that would make it harder for Chinese solar panel firms to qualify for tax credits that they say are giving those companies an edge over U.S. manufacturers.
The Sports Fan Coalition, which has asked the FCC to scrap its sports blackout rule as outmoded and fan-unfriendly, is honoring six legislators and one FCC commissioner for “standing up for fans.”
An ongoing trade fight over which nation will dominate the emerging solar power industry took a new turn Tuesday when U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced a proposal to prohibit Chinese products from taking advantage of U.S. tax credits.
Josh Mandel’s bizarre interview with the Youngstown Vindicator yesterday reads like a cold open script for Saturday Night Live.
That isn’t to dismiss the importance of strong laws, of course. Glass-Steagall — the 1933 law that for more than six decades kept banks out of the securities game until it was struck down in the late-90s following years of Wall Street lobbying — worked (as even famous bankers who helped dismantle it later admitted). But Glass-Steagall was a much tougher law than Dodd-Frank, and the government agencies in charge of enforcing it were much more aggressive that today’s financial regulators.
Anyone got a better idea? Actually, yes. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, last week proposed a bill that would shrink the nation’s four largest banks. That wouldn’t keep these firms from periodically setting themselves ablaze, but it would help contain the inevitable fire.
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