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Democratic US Sen. Sherrod Brown fights to keep his job in tough campaign
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is seeking his fourth term in one of the most expensive campaigns in the country, as Republicans fight to flip… Read More
Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who’s the scion of a Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of one of the state’s best-known Republican families, threw his support Sunday behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection… Read More
US Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks a crackdown on “predatory investing” into housing in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Affordable housing is elusive in some areas of the state. And U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said it’s a problem made much worse by… Read More
How do union endorsements influence Ohio’s tight U.S. Senate race?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Twelve years ago, the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police union broke a 24-year streak of endorsing the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate by instead… Read More
Voters from Senator Sherrod Brown’s hometown weigh in on his reelection bid
By: Josh Boose | Ideastream Public Media
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MANSFIELD, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Donna Cordell and Bill Myers graduated in the same class as Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown from Mansfield Senior High School in the North Central… Read More
As historic Democratic convention ends in Chicago, Brown continues U.S. Senate campaign in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Democratic National Convention went into its final day in Chicago, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown was in southern Ohio, campaigning… Read More
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says campus protestors shouldn’t be violent and laws must be enforced
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown is being careful with his comments about pro-Palestine demonstrations at Ohio’s colleges and universities, while saying they shouldn’t… Read More
Ohio’s U.S. senators ready a rail safety bill after the fiery crash in East Palestine
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Railroads like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and… Read More
An early look at key 2024 Senate races and candidates
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Congress has just started its new term, but many senators and Senate hopefuls are already thinking about the next election. Rep. Adam Schiff became the second Democrat to… Read More
Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman forecast different impacts from inflation deal
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, said Congress is capping an “amazing” two weeks with a move to pass the Inflation Reduction act,… Read More
Brown Wants To Update A Benefit Program For Older Adults And People With Disabilities
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Brown is calling on Congress to update the federal program that helps older adults and people with disabilities. The U.S. Senate held a hearing… Read More
Sen. Brown Presses Landlord Over Report It Evicts Black Renters At Higher Rates
By: Chris Arnold | NPR
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A senator is asking why a corporate landlord has filed to evict renters in predominantly Black counties at four times the rate as renters in predominantly white counties.
Brown Wants To Take On The Racial Homeownership Gap
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said systemic racism in home lending is one of the top priorities for the banking committee he now chairs. He… Read More
Sen. Brown Says Hike In Minimum Wage Is ‘Long Overdue’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Joe Biden has said he doesn’t think an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will pass in the latest COVID relief… Read More
Portman, Brown Pushing For New Round Of Federal COVID-19 Relief
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two U.S. Senators are among the congressional leaders calling for passage of a new economic relief package. The senators say the bipartisan proposal can… Read More
US Senators Explain Their Changed Positions On Confirming A Supreme Court Nominee In 2016 And Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Ohio US Senator Rob Portman has been called a hypocrite in recent days for not doing what he called for in an op-ed back in… Read More
Sen. Brown: Senate Needs To Deal With Postal Service Issues Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. House is being called back to Washington to deal with issues involving the United States Postal Service. Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown says the… Read More
Brown, Portman Support Expanding Broadband Access
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s U.S. senators are calling on Congress to expand broadband around the country noting the growing importance the internet has played during the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read More
WATCH: Sherrod Brown on the Influence of Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Campaign
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday after enduring a series of disappointing results in state primary… Read More
Ohio’s U.S. Senators Support Federal Aid to Fight Coronavirus
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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UPDATE: President Trump signed the legislation on Friday. The U.S. House and Senate passed a bipartisan $8.3 billion emergency bill to help states deal with coronavirus, sending it to the Senate,… Read More
Brown Says 50K Ohioans Left Out Of Trump’s New Overtime Rule
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is taking on President Donald Trump’s new overtime rule, saying the increased salary threshold to require overtime pay isn’t high enough. A rule created under… Read More
Sherrod Brown Believes Public Pressure Is Building For Gun Regulations
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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State lawmakers are back in action holding more hearings on gun regulation bills. And Gov. Mike DeWine is still pushing for his proposals. But Congress has yet to show an… Read More
Sherrod Brown Wants Companies To Offset Impact Of Automation Displacement
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is touring the state pushing for a way to soften the blow for workers who lose their job to automation by adding requirements for companies…. Read More
U.S. Sen. Brown Blames Trump Administration For Denying Access To Border Facility
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says he was denied access to a Customs and Border Control detention facility that houses children over the weekend. Brown wanted to see the facilities… Read More
Senators: Feds’ American Flags Should be Made in America
By: Associated Press
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) – A pair of senators says the American flags the federal government purchases should have to be made in America. Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, and… Read More