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.
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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I have known and campaigned for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown since he was first elected to Congress. He has maintained his integrity and dedicated service to all of his Ohio constituents.
The Lorain County Drug Task Force will be a member of a special Drug Enforcement Administration unit set up to crack down on prescription drug abuse.
Sen. Sherrod Brown and Gil Kerlikowske, director of the office of national drug control policy, announced in Cleveland yesterday a new federal Tactical Diversion Squad.
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