Sen. Rob Portman was right to reject a Republican health-care bill that would have slashed the Medicaid spending upon which millions of Ohioans depend for basic health care. As the GOP effort to replace the Affordable Care Act grinds on, Portman finds himself in a position of great influence to stand up for an approach […]
As Senators in Washington continue to grapple with how to reform the Affordable Care Act, Ohio’s two members explain why they have not embraced plans that have been introduced so far. They talk about what needs to be done to it to win their support. Republican Senator Rob Portman didn’t support the initial plan in […]
Jordan Ivy of Dayton was born 23 weeks premature and weighed just a pound and a half. His mother, Theresa Crawford, was told by his doctors to prepare for the worst. At that point, they’d tried to get him to breathe for 30 minutes, with no success. “I asked them please to continue,” his mother […]
FOSB’s Best Off-Year Quarter Ever Cash On Hand Nearly Double What Campaign Had At This Point In 2012 Election COLUMBUS — Friends of Sherrod Brown raised more than $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2017 and will report $6.7 million cash on hand. This is Sherrod’s best off-year quarter ever, besting his previous record […]
Sherrod Brown is a politician ahead of his time. Decades before most progressives began campaigning hard against economic inequality, he was warning about the loss of good jobs and the decline of labor unions in his home state of Ohio and elsewhere in the country. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, Brown […]
MARTINS FERRY — Retired coal miners — the men and women who risked their lives to dig the coal used to keep the nation’s lights on — need and deserve their pension benefits, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said during a stop in Martins Ferry on Wednesday. Brown said he hopes fellow legislators agree when they […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, applauded Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Friday for rejecting a request for confidential voter information from the vice-chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission. The commission was established by President Donald Trump, following his claim, without evidence, that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 […]
