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Ohio's U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is planning to introduce a bill to reward American businesses that keep jobs in the country and pay workers well. The Democrat announced the Patriot Employers Tax Credit during a news conference today.
Ohio's two U.S. senators say Congress should act on DACA, now that the Trump administration announced it would end the program shielding undocumented young people from deportation. Still up in the air is how both parties might strike a deal.
In a story Aug. 15 about automation in manufacturing, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a report that forecast 2 million new American manufacturing jobs in the next decade. It should have cited The Manufacturing Institute, not the American Manufacturing Institute.
Benjamin Louis Cardin Federal anti-BDS legislation - Common sense and constitutional Top Dem: Privatizing Afghanistan War would be 'affront' to US troops Open record laws should apply to private prisons, too MORE Rob Portman The fight to protect the Affordable Care Act isn't over GOP senators rally to McConnell's defense amid Trump attacks Sex trafficking bill would make the internet a wasteland MORE of Ohio introduced a bill in the Senate, the " Israel Anti-Boycott Act ." A similar bill was placed before the House of Representatives.
A.J. Scherman, 37, left, works with fellow apprentice Ryan Buzzy on a robotics control computer at a chainsaw assembly line at a Stihl Inc. production plant in Virginia Beach, Va.. May 25, 2017.
NORWOOD, Ohio - Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows - in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company's plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as "a GREAT employee." Mays' last day at 3M was in March.
The Ohio man who authorities say plowed his car into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in a Virginia college town, killing one person and hurting more than a dozen others, recently moved from Florence, Kentucky. James Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding and failure to stop for an accident involving a death and hit-and-run, according to Charlottesville authorities.
Silver screen spy James Bond may have driven an Aston Martin, but one wonders how the high-end sports car fit into Afghanistan's intelligence agency - especially since U.S. taxpayers covered the cost. When U.S. Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., heard rumors last year about rampant abuse by a British contractor for the Pentagon, they demanded an investigation.
The man suspected of ramming a car into a crowd of counter demonstrators at a white-nationalist rally, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others, was facing multiple charges on Sunday morning, including second-degree murder. Video of the incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, shows the car appearing to plow deliberately at a high rate of speed over multiple counter-protesters at the rally.
Multiple news outlets are reporting the suspect police say drove over multiple people at a white-nationalist rally is James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio and he is facing multiple charges including second-degree murder. Video of the incident shows the car driving at a high rate of speed over multiple counter-protesters at the rally.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio said that legislators must take action on tax reform and healthcare to convince voters that they can do their jobs successfully. "I think it's important that we show we can govern and, specifically, we have a great opportunity before us on tax reform," Portman said Wednesday on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."
Ohio is ground-zero for the heroin crisis sweeping through the nation and it shows no signs of slowing down. On Saturday, police say 22 people were admitted to local hospitals for overdosing in Hamilton County.
Perhaps the art of politics - compromise - isn't dead, after all. Good for U.S. Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., for attempting to jumpstart it.
Even as Richard Cordray declines to say a word publicly on whether he will run for governor of Ohio, a number of Democrats are increasingly convinced that the head of the federal consumer bureau will compete for next year's Democratic nomination. Although Ohio Democratic hopes may be based on wishful thinking instead of direct knowledge, insiders believe that as a former state attorney general, Cordray would quickly become both the favorite to win the Democratic nomination and be a strong candidate against the eventual Republican nominee.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from USA Today: A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that aims to make it easier to sue and criminally prosecute operators of online classified sites like Backpage.com that have been used to advertise sex workers. The proposed bill would amend the Communications Decency Act to eliminate a provision that shields operators of websites from being liable for content posted by third-party users.
Friday morning's failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act is putting pressure on the Republican Party to push through a complex tax overhaul measure, while heading into the 2018 midterm elections that could flip control of the House and Senate back to the Democratic Party. Lawmakers have not given up on the seven-year-long effort to undo Obamacare, reports The Washington Post, but with Friday's failure to push through a "skinny repeal" measure that would have stripped many mandates from the healthcare plan, incumbent lawmakers are left with accusations that they did not live up to the promises that got them elected.
The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. Ryan's announcement Thursday evening is meant to ease doubts among Senate Republicans about voting for a minimal repeal bill.
The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. Addressing the National Federation of Independent Business, Vice President Mike Pence said the Senate has "an opportunity and an obligation" to repeal and replace Obamacare.