WASHINGTON — Sherrod Brown was pissed off. For days, the U.S. Senate had delayed crafting a massive coronavirus relief bill as the economy went into free fall. Rather than work through the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had flown home to watch Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh swear in a local right-wing judge. And now, […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced further criticism that he was responsible for delays to legislation aimed at helping families and businesses weather the economic impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. The bipartisan Families First CoronaVirus Response Act will provide a suite of relief measures, including free testing and paid emergency leave for those affected […]
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) condemned Senate Republicans on Wednesday for acquitting President Trump during last week’s impeachment trial and refusing to criticize his retaliation against witnesses who testified about his conduct. Brown blasted his GOP colleagues for refusing to remove Trump from office and accused them of giving the president to “a permanent license to turn the presidency and […]
In Private, Republicans Admit They Acquitted Trump Out of Fear One journalist remarked to me, “How in the world can these senators walk around here upright when they have no backbone?” By Sherrod Brown Fear of President Trump guides many Republicans in Congress. Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Not guilty. Not guilty. In the United States […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – In some of the recent local elections, it paid to be connected to Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. After years of getting walloped in local races, Democrats made some significant gains in last week’s election. Some of those victors have Brown, easily the state’s most visible Democrat, to thank for an assist […]
Among the moments in the locally made Netflix documentary “American Factory” getting noticed: Fuyao Glass America’s angry reaction to Sen. Sherrod Brown’s endorsement of a then-early unionization effort at Fuyao’s Moraine plant. That reaction included a (now former) Fuyao vice president promising on camera to keep the Democratic senator and his staff away from the […]
How We Win and How We Govern: The Dignity of Work Too often, I see pundits and national Democrats act like we have to choose between fighting for our progressive values or winning elections. That’s a false choice — the electability myth is just that, a myth. Donald Trump won Ohio by almost double digits […]
Sherrod Brown uses stock buyback bill announcement to give fellow Dems campaign advice Jim Saksa – July 31, 2019 Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio wants his Democratic colleagues running for president to plagiarize his favorite line. “I want our presidential candidates to talk more about the dignity of work,” he said at a press conference […]
Sherrod spoke at Daily Kos and Netroots Nation’s Presidential Candidate forum to debunk the electability myth. The crowd was fired up!
