Yesterday, Ohio's own John Boehner, nationwide Republican leader in the House of Representatives, said BP shouldn't be entirely responsible for the costs of cleaning up their oil spill in the Gulf.

Boehner apparently thinks you, I, and the rest of America's taxpayers should pay for some of the oil spill.

A teacher of mine used to teach a simple, common sense lesson: it's cheaper to build a fence at the top of the cliff than pay for an ambulance at the bottom.

That lesson holds true for how the Democrats should approach the financial accountability legislation being considered by Congress.

Washington is broken -- and the filibuster is being abused to halt progress.

I'm running for the national Senate in Ohio because we need to create good-paying jobs and rebuild the middle class, but unprecedented obstructionism in Congress is slowing the ability to take meaningful action.

That's why I believe...

A year after the U.S. government put up hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out big banks and stabilize our economy, far too little has been done to change the risky behavior on Wall Street that precipitated this economic crisis.

Regulation is not enough to mitigate the continuing...

I am heartened that Congress has finally passed a bill that would strengthen the ability of governments at all levels to investigate and prosecute hate crime.

The bill, known as The Matthew Shepard Act, has my full support and I hope you will join me in honoring...

Tuesday's passage of a comprehensive health insurance reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee is an important milestone in the historic effort to lower health care costs and provide access to affordable coverage for every American, but the battle is far from over.

It is hard...

My hometown of Cleveland has long struggled with the closing of steel mills, the loss of manufacturing jobs, and rising unemployment -- but it was a punch in the gut to see our city featured in the New York Times magazine under the headline, "All boarded up: How Cleveland is...