Sherrod Brown has always defied easy categorization. A Yale graduate from a well-off family, he became a state representative in Ohio at the age of 21 and spent his free time in local union halls, absorbing the stories of auto and steelworkers. In the 1990s and 2000s, when Bill Clinton and the New Democrats preached the gospel of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown wants the next coronavirus-related stimulus package that Washington produces to include hazard pay, or “Pandemic Premium Pay,” as he puts it, to provide time and a half wages to workers at the front line of the pandemic including doctors, nurses, grocery store workers, building cleaners, letter carriers, […]
CLEVELAND — The most important thing we can do to support Ohio workers and sustain our economy is to stop the spread of the coronavirus and save lives. Some want to pit “the economy” against our efforts to fight this pandemic – but that’s a false choice. The economy is about people – it’s made […]
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 […]
