Senator Sherrod Brown

Democrat  •  Ohio  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
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11/25/09
Federal health-care subsidy for unemployed to expire

..."incredibly high," Mr. Casey said the bill would extend the program through June 30. The bill, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, would also increase the amount of the subsidy from 65 to 75 percent of health insurance premiums and would include p

11/24/09
Stimulus funds reach Ohio homes

Lee Fisher, joined by US Sen. Sherrod Brown and US Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, credited AEP for its "visionary" use of technology, saying, "This was competitive. ...

Source: Columbus Dispatch
11/24/09
Single Payer Advocates To Help With Sanders' S703 Amendment and HCR Updates!

“Absolutely not," said Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, one of the more liberal members of the Democratic Caucus, when asked if he was open to further discussion ...

Source: Firedoglake (blog)
11/24/09
Carl Leubsdorf: Saluting the leadership of Pelosi, Reid

Like their House counterparts, Senate Democrats encompass a broad range of views, from the liberals like Ohio's Sherrod Brown, who basically favor a ...

Source: Dallas Morning News
11/24/09
Sherrod Brown Optimistic About Public Option

In the wake of Saturday’s Senate vote to take up the chamber’s health reform legislation, the focus of the debate has shifted back to the public option, over which no fewer than four Democratic caucus members — Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Blanche

11/24/09
RE: Sherrod Brown

... AM ET Democrats are absolutely committed to finishing health reform by the State of the Union address, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Monday night. ...

Source: The Hill
11/24/09
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Senate Bill S.2730, introduced in early November by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.), would increase the subsidy period by six ...

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
11/24/09
Five senators push for benefits in COBRA

Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Al Franken of Minnesota, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Robert Menendez of New Jersey said they also back the bill. ...

Source: ModernHealthcare.com
11/24/09
Clyde Cancer Cluster Update: The Browns go to Washington

Senator Sherrod Brown has been making speeches, writing letters and influencing other senators to get behind the funding. "His level of compassion and ...

Source: WTOL
11/24/09
Answers To My Health Care Pop Quiz

... 2: Senator Who Will Have to Swallow Hardest to Vote Yes? Answer: B -- Sherrod Brown...won't like what he sees on public option or affordability, ...

Source: ABC News
11/24/09
Will Unemployment Disaster Be Obama's Katrina?

Sen. Sherrod Brown summed it up on CNN, telling John King that when it comes to putting the focus on Main Street, the president's "advisors are mixed. ...

Source: Barcelona Reporter
11/24/09
RE: Sherrod Brown

Y.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Mary Landrieu can all support, then I've found the sweet spot." And DeParle said, "I can see how it would happen. ...

Source: NOLA.com
11/24/09
Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - November 16, 2009

More mixed messages on timing: Sen. Baucus told reporters that the Finance Committee's deliberations will extend into next year. However, Senators Kerry ...

Source: Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
11/23/09
RE: Sherrod Brown

With all of that in mind, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) offered his own optimistic take on how the drama over the public option will end, ...

Source: The Washington Independent
11/23/09
Brown's sick-days plan would lead to more excuses for paid time off

Sen. Sherrod Brown is proposing mandatory paid medical leave for employees with the swine flu (“Sen. Sherrod Brown seeks guaranteed sick pay,” Nov. 20). ...

Source: Canton Repository
11/23/09
Health bill faces a rough road in Senate

...senators has annoyed their more liberal colleagues, who could vote against a final bill if it becomes too watered-down. Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, said he didn’t think rank-and-file Democrats would go that far. At the same time, Brown warne

11/23/09
Analysis: Dems' majority in Congress in name only

... when the public option has this much support, that it's not going to be in it," Sen. Sherrod Brown, a liberal Democrat, said Sunday on CNN. ...

Source: eTaiwan News
11/23/09
IMPACT Act could be key to a clean-energy market

Fortunately, US Sen. Sherrod Brown's Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act, or IMPACT, would help small and midsize manufacturers ...

Source: Cape Cod Times
11/23/09
Health care polling reveals uncertainty

And here's Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio speaking earlier last week on MSNBC: "An overwhelming number of the public supports the public option. ...

Source: Chicago Tribune
11/23/09
Give Me a Public Option or Give Me Death?

...a small group of Senators stand in the way. "I don't want four Democratic Senators dictating to the other 56 of us," Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said on CNN's "State of the Union." Reid added an opt-out of the public option for states which did not wan

Source: CBS News
11/23/09
Whither the Public Option

But Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said on Saturday night that if the bill bends toward the conservatives, "You'll lose people on the left. ...

Source: Daily Kos (blog)
11/23/09
Negotiations begin anew over health bill

...in the days before the Senate approved Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus package. Some Democratic senators such as Sherrod Brown of Ohio bristled at the idea of making significant changes to the health care bill for a handful of votes. "I don't wa

Source: USA Today
11/23/09
RE: Sherrod Brown

Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown secured language in the bill that required the agency to study new, mintlike smokeless tobacco products that RJ Reynolds ...

Source: Plain Dealer
11/23/09
Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Sunday's Huffington Post headline read “Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused on Main Street but not all his advisers are.” How long did it take you to figure that ...

Source: Huffington Post (blog)
11/23/09
RE: Sherrod Brown

With all of that in mind, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) offered his own optimistic take on how the drama over the public option will end, ...

Source: The Washington Independent
11/23/09
Reid's Numbers Game: To Public Option, Or Not?

...Roland Burris, D-Ill. "I don't want four Democratic senators dictating to the other 56 of us and to the country," said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. That leaves Majority Leader Reid in a bind. If he keeps the public option in the bill, he may lose four vo

Source: ABC News
11/23/09
Carly Fiorina

CNN, State Of The Union: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senate candidate Carly Fiorina (R-CA). ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
11/23/09
RE: Sherrod Brown

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown was on State of the Union on CNN Sunday. John King says, "If in the end you can't get Lieberman, Lincoln, Landrieu, and you can't ...

Source: RushLimbaugh.com (subscription)
11/23/09
Negotiations begin anew over health bill

...the days before the Senate approved President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan. Some Democratic senators such as Sherrod Brown of Ohio bristled at the idea of making significant changes to the health care bill for a handful of votes. "I don't

11/22/09
Senate Dems frustrated with sway held by moderates

That view, by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, suggests the difficulty facing Democratic leaders in coming weeks as they try to rally support for legislation ...

Source: Forbes

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