Columbus Government Examiner – COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) – The so-called Blunt amendment to a transportation bill on the floor of the U.S. Senate, which would permit employers or health insurance providers to deny coverage based on their faith beliefs, was defeated 51-48 Thursday, as Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman split their vote on the controversial measure many said was a tragic distraction because it had no place being inserted into a bill more about job creation than about what anyone’s creator thinks is right for the right of women to decide what’s best for them and their bodies.
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Sen. Brown, who sat in the president’s chair for the debate and is running for a second term this year, had previously said the amendment was both bad public policy and inappropriate for a bill about funding transportation projects, which could help create needed jobs in his home state of Ohio.

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