Senator Sherrod Brown

Actor Martin Sheen Hits The Campaign Trail

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.30.2012

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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is getting a presidential visit for his reelection campaign. Actor Martin Sheen, who played President Josiah Bartlet in...

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Josh Mandel's $65 Billion Mistake

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.22.2012

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Ohio Democrats are pouncing on state Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) for apparently forgetting $65 billion in state pension funds under his supervision, cal...

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Sherrod Brown's First Reelection Ad

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.27.2012

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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is out with his first ad of the 2012 reelection campaign, going after his opponent, State Treasurer Josh Mandel (R), on ch...

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Anna Staver

Josh Mandel, Ohio Treasurer, Sent Top Aide To Beginner's Course

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Staver | Posted 04.05.2012

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Days after being accused of hiring young, inexperienced staffers for key positions in the state Treasury, new evidence shows that Ohio Treasurer Josh ...

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Outside Group Spends Big To Help Sherrod Brown's Reelection

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 03.21.2012

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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) will receive some help from the League of Conservation Voters in his reelection campaign over the next two weeks. The g...

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Chamber spends early, often on GOP congressional candidates

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.09.2012

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By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsFor the big-spending U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 2012 election season began early with a flurry of hard-hitting ads ...

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GOP 'Rock Star' Could Spell Trouble For Sherrod Brown

Posted 03.27.2012

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The buzz around Ohio state treasurer Josh Mandel is growing louder ahead of Tuesday's Senate primary in that state. Six Republican candidates are r...

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Amanda Terkel

Which Senate Race Is Attracting Most GOP Third-Party Spending?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senate candidates Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) may be soaking up national attention from progressives dur...

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Bipartisan Support for Fixing Our Schools

Jared Bernstein | Posted 12.13.2011

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Jared Bernstein

School repair and modernization marries two problems -- the need to fix our public schools and sky-high unemployment among the folks who do the work -- into one solution.

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Lucia Graves

Environmental Coalition Backs Sen. Sherrod Brown's New Green Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) joined green jobs leaders Thursday to tout a merger of green development groups and planned advocacy for ...

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Amanda Terkel

Dem Senator On Afghanistan: 'We've Been There Too Long'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) expressed frustration with the duration of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan in an interview with ABC News, p...

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Dubai: The Golden Mirage

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

The ongoing ordeal of a U.S. businessman who has been rotting in a Dubai jail for more than two years should serve as a warning to Americans and Westerners alike doing business with Dubai.

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July 4th Shock And Awe? Will Fireworks Wake Us Up?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Schechter

There has been an effective well-funded PR campaign underway for years to convince us that deficits are more dangerous than unemployment or the abuse of consumers.

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Protecting Our Government From Corporate Influence

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

We should allow our top national law officer, the Attorney General of the United States, to step in and clean house whenever an agency or element of government is no longer credibly independent of the industry it is intended to regulate.

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Senator Sherrod Brown, Don't Fear the Opposition -- Support the DREAM Act

Jamaal Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamaal Bell

Senator Sherrod Brown to support the DREAM Act. A few months ago, Senator Sherrod Brown conducted an interview with Kathleen Wells for my online pub...

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America Absolutely Needs a National Manufacturing Policy, Urges Senator Sherrod Brown

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Over the past year, Brown held a series of hearings examining ways to rebuild U.S. manufacturing and is also fighting to ensure that our nation's trade laws work for domestic manufacturing and American workers.

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Senator Brown, Leading Energy Think Tanks Push for More Research Investment and New National Institutes of Energy

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Jenkins

Modeled after the NIH, a New National Institutes of Energy (NIE) would be designed to most effectively channel R&D funding toward the development of new, low-cost commercial clean energy technologies.

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Dude, Where's My Industrial Policy?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Johnson

Face it, if we do not have an active and engaged industrial policy we are handing the business over to those who do. It is time to start discussing a national plan for manufacturing.

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