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Feb 3, 2012
COLUMBUS – Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern released the following statement on the January jobs report showing the economy added private sector jobs for the 23rd straight month, at 257,000 private sector jobs, and a chart, below, showing where we’ve come from and where we’re going: “With today’s jobs reports showing more private sector [...]
Feb 3, 2012
Insider trading by members of Congress, their top staff and executive branch officials would be banned by legislation that passed the Senate on Thursday.
Feb 3, 2012
Members of the U.S. Senate who vote on the country’s laws should be required to divest themselves of stock holdings affected by their official duties or place their investments in blind trusts, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said.
Feb 3, 2012
A new survey from Public Policy Polling (D) of the upcoming Ohio Senate race shows incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) with a comfortable lead against likely challenger, State Treasurer Josh Mandel.
Feb 2, 2012
You may not know Elizabeth Williams personally, but you know someone like her.
Feb 2, 2012
Members of the Senate and their staff would be required to divest themselves of any individual stock holdings or put them in a blind trust under an amendment outlined Wednesday by Oregon’s Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
Feb 2, 2012
Ohio’s two U.S. senators are both supporting legislation that would prevent members of Congress and employees from profiting from knowledge they have gained from behind closed doors.
Feb 2, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a $5 million National Emergency Grant increment to continue providing temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers.
Feb 2, 2012
On Monday, U.S. senators made a rare show of bipartisanship. By a 93-2 vote, Democrats and Republicans joined to take up legislation that would bar members of Congress from trading stocks based on confidential information they receive as lawmakers.
