Sherrod Brown

Sexiest Senators: Who's The Hottest On The Hill? (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Sexiest Senator, Slidepoll, Evan Bayh, Senate, Style, Poll, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Mark Warner, Slideshow, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Thune, Style News

The 100 members of the U.S. Senate are constantly in the public eye, so we couldn't help but notice that from the legislative floor to D.C. nightlife,...

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Sam Stein

Sherrod Brown: "I'd Have Trouble Voting For" Health Care Bill Without Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Plan Health Care, Sherrod Brown, Obama White House, Sherrod Brown Health Care, Brown Public Plan, Politics News

One of the leading progressives in the United States Senate left the impression on Friday afternoon that he would oppose major health care reform if i...

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Ryan Grim

Dem Senators Push Foreign Banks To Aid Global Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, Sherrod Brown, Bailout, Global Bailout, Stimulus, Politics News

A group of Democratic senators, in advance of the G-20 summit in London, are calling on the administration to push foreign central banks to cooperate ...

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Can We "Reset" Relations with Colombia?

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: El Salvador, Raul Grijalva, Sherrod Brown, Colombia, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Obama Administration, Congress, Human Rights First, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Plan Colombia, Richard Lugar, World News
Robert Naiman

Our failed Colombia policy deserves special attention: it's literally a matter of life and death.

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The Geography of Climate Politics

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Red States, Politics, Geography, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Blue States, Clean Technology, Climate Change, Democrats, Energy Policy, Coal, Global Warming, Claire McCaskill, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

When it comes to the geography of climate politics, it doesn't break down along the much-ballyhooed "red state/blue state" divide.

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Bailing Out Dan Quayle

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, Bail Out, Financial Bailout, Sherrod Brown, Aozora Bank, George W. Bush, Iraq, Colorado, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Jared Polis, William Ford Sr, Aig, Auto Bailout, Mark Fields, Dan Quayle, Ohio, Real Estate, Republican Party, Gail Collins, Detroit, Steve Feinberg, Citigroup, John McCain, Florida, Gm, Alan Mulally, Private Equity, Ford, Condoleeza Rice, Congress, United Steelworkers, Cerberus, Japan, K2, Robert Rubin, Chrysler, Wall Street, Henry Ford, Michigan, Banking, IAP Worldwide Services, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Paul Jenkins

The battle over the bailout of some segments of the US auto industry has become increasingly defined in terms of class, but this hides the fact that the same type of players will benefit from both bailouts.

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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In Battleground Ohio, Community Organizing Trumps Cynicism: Lesson for 2012?

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arnie Graf, Ted Strickland, Sherrod Brown, Progressives, Industrial Areas Foundation, 2004 Election in Ohio, Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky, Faith Vote Columbus, Jonathan Lange, Politics News
Sanford D. Horwitt

IAF organizers are confident that they will be able to show that a volunteer-driven voter participation strategy can significantly increase turnout in scores of precincts.

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Friday Talking Points [52] -- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...

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Sam Stein

Obama And Democrats Call McCain's Bluff

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Mccain Bialout, Joseph Lieberman, Sherrod Brown, Senate Dems Call Bluff, Mccain Suspends Campaign, Obama Bailout, Senate Democrats, Obama Campaign, John McCain, Politics News

Barack Obama rejected the proposal -- put forward by John McCain today -- that the two presidential candidates leave the campaign trail, delay Friday'...

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Sam Stein

Senate Dem Raises Keating Five, Rips McCain On Economy, Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Unqualified, Obama Economics, Mccain Keating Brown Keating Five, Sherrod Brown, Ethics Mccain, Obama Keating Five, Brown Palin, Keating Five, Brown Keating, McCain Economics, John McCain, Politics News

One of the Senate's most progressive members ripped John McCain on Tuesday for offering a phony populist self-portrayal in the wake of the current cri...

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Sam Stein

Dem Senator: If McCain Invented BlackBerry It's Another Reason To Oppose Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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If John McCain did help invent the BlackBerry, as his economic adviser said, then it should be held against him, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown said on Tuesd...

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Free Trade Agreements, Sherrod Brown, Nafta, Free Trade, Protectionism, Teamsters, Unions, Business News
James P. Hoffa

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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