Sen. Brown blasts GOP plan
Youngstown Vindicator — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called the House Republican plan to vote to repeal health-care reform “a colossal waste of time.”
“They’re just playing politics,” Brown said Tuesday at the Austintown Senior Center. “I think we need to focus on job creation.”
Brown, a Democrat from Avon, visited about 80 people at the center to discuss changes to health care that took effect last Saturday as part of President Barack Obama’s health-care package. The package was approved by the U.S. House and Senate last year when both were controlled by Democrats.
But the results of the November general election gave Republicans a majority in the House, effective today, with Democrats retaining control of the Senate, but with a smaller majority.
