Doesn’t Hide The Fact That Brown Has Supported Obama’s Agenda 95 Percent Of The Time

WASHINGTON — As liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown skips out on another event by President Barack Obama, Ohioans know he’s there in spirit because Brown has supported the President’s failed agenda 95 percent of the time.

Brown supported the President’s first $825 billion stimulus – which he promised would help shovel-ready projects like the Brent Spence Bridge – and was also one of the few Democrats who supported his second $450 billion stimulus.

Additionally, Brown also supported the President’s effort to gut $700 billion from Medicare to pay for ObamaCare.  And he supported the EPA’s job-killing regulations against the coal industry in Ohio.

“While Sherrod Brown skips another Obama rally, it doesn’t change the fact that he has supported the President’s job-killing agenda a whopping 95 percent of the time,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “With 415,000 unemployed Ohioans, the Buckeye State deserves a President and Senator – like Mitt Romney and Josh Mandel – who will enact pro-growth, pro-jobs policies that will get Ohio working again.”   

BACKGROUND …

Brown Is A Strong Supporter Of President Obama’s Failed Agenda

Brown Voted To Pass The Senate Version Of The $2.5 Trillion Obama-Reid Health Care Bill. (H.R. 3590, CQ Vote #396: Passed 60-39: R 0-39; D 58-0; I 2-0, 12/24/09, Brown Voted Yea)

• A Top Obama Campaign Adviser Lauded “The $700 Billion Cuts In Medicare That The President Achieved” Through Obamacare. CUTTER: “You know I heard Mitt Romney deride the $700 billion cuts in Medicare that the president achieved through health care reform.” (CBS’s “Face The Nation,” 8/12/12)

Brown Voted For The Stimulus Bill. (H.R. 1, CQ Vote #64: Adopted 60-38; R 3-38; D 55-0; I 2-0, 2/13/09, Brown Voted Yea)

• Sherrod Brown Said The First Stimulus Would Help Fund The “Shovel Ready” Brent Spence Bridge In January of 2009. BROWN: “But we do need to do direct spending on job creation. That means shovel-ready projects for water and sewer systems, whether it’s the Brent Spence bridge in Cincinnati, that will put a lot of people to work and help with economic development, or whether it’s a water and sewer system in Defiance, Ohio, or in Nashville.” (MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 1/28/09)

Brown Voted Against An Amendment Which Would Have Blocked The EPA From Regulating Carbon Dioxide And Other Greenhouse Gasses. “McConnell, R-Ky., amendment no. 183 that would block the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.” (S. 493, CQ Vote #54: Rejected 50-50: R 46-1; D 4-47; I 0-2, 4/6/11, Brown Voted Nay)

National Journal Has Ranked Sherrod Brown Has The Most Liberal Senator Two Years In A Row (2009 And 2010). (Carrie Mihalcik, “Most Liberal Members Of Congress,” National Journal, 2/28/11; “National Journal’s Vote Rankings: The Top 10,” National Journal’s Hotline On Call Blog, 2/26/10)