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      <excerpt>...saccharine promises in a treaty, but it&#8217;s far more effective to use the market. That&#8217;s the beauty of a proposal by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). A new levy on goods made in ways or in nations that ignore greenhouse gas caps doesn&#8217;t merely discourag</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Continuing his &quot;green jobs&quot; campaign, Sen. Sherrod Brown last week touted a report asserting that federal legislation of the type he supports could create more than 51,000 jobs at existing Ohio companies. The report by the Blue Green Alliance, a consort</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...help unemployed workers and their families with health coverage. WKYC-TV, a NBC affiliate in Ohio, reports. &quot;U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Robert P. Casey (D-PA) introduced a bill Thursday to extend the 'COBRA' subsidy which helps unemployed worke</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...through saccharine promises in a treaty, but it's far more effective to use the market. That's the beauty of Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown's (D) proposal. A new levy on goods made in ways or in nations that ignore greenhouse gas caps doesn't merely discourage</excerpt>
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      <title>We are what we trade and how we trade it</title>
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      <excerpt>...have not received tax refunds can visit the Where's My Refund? page at the IRS website or call (800)&#160;829-1040 to check on their status. There's also a link on Sen. Sherrod Brown's website&#160;and instructions on how to claim the tax refunds. &#169; 2009 WKYC-</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...promises in a treaty, but it's far more effective to use the market. That's the beauty of the proposal of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. A new levy on goods made in ways or in nations that ignore greenhouse gas caps doesn't merely discourage American compa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...e-mails and letters&quot; from people who oppose health-care reform and &quot;they're still not listening.&quot;  Late yesterday, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, took part in an online chat about health care. He insisted that the bill does not radically change the U.S. sy</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Robert P. Casey (D-PA) introduced a bill Thursday to extend the &quot;COBRA&quot; subsidy which helps unemployed workers and their families afford temporary health care cover The bill would extend and expand the COBRA subsid</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...reform has moved forward, a lot of rhetoric has been used. Unfortunately, some of it, including the Oct. 28 letter from Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon, can be quite misleading.  Let's start with the facts. The health-insurance industry has been and continue</excerpt>
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