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After taking nearly $60,000 from the anti-Israel group J-Street, liberal U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown today accepted money at a fundraiser hosted by Martin Sheen, one of the most outspoken critics of Israel and a 9/11 “truther.” According to reports, Sheen has donated financial and personal resources to the Office of the Americas who regularly attack the pro-Democracy policies of the United States of America and Israel. Notably, Sheen’s extreme anti-Israel views mirror Brown’s record in Washington as the liberal Democrat from Avon has voted to eliminate aid to Israel. “It’s troubling that Senator Brown would so closely align himself with an extreme anti-Israel activist like Martin Sheen,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “It’s abundantly clear that Sherrod Brown and Martin Sheen’s far-left views are completely out of sync with the hardworking people of Ohio.” BACKGROUND … Sherrod Brown’s Anti-Israel Record Sherrod Brown Has Received $59,675 From…

Brown’s Medical Device Tax Is Negatively Affecting Companies Throughout Ohio When liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown voted for Barack Obama’s $1.76 trillion healthcare law, it hit medical device companies in Ohio with a 2.3 percent tax and today Dublin’s Cardinal Health has announced they might restructure their company due to this job-killing tax. Elyria’s Invacare – which employs 1,700 Ohioans – has also been negatively affected by this tax and stopped hiring new workers in anticipation of this burdensome tax.  Additionally, Boston Scientific has said this tax could eliminate 45,000 jobs within the medical device community. As the Columbus Dispatch reports: Medical-device manufacturers and their advocates want to eliminate a 2.3 percent excise tax included in the federal health-care overhaul.  Industry officials say the tax, which takes effect in January, would cost manufacturers about $20 billion during the next decade. The medical-device industry recorded about $136 billion in revenue in 2008. ……

For Three Years Sherrod Brown Has Failed To Perform The Most Basic Function Of His Job Since 1973, liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown has been running for office and during his most recent campaign he said it was important that the United States pass a budget.  Interestingly, after three years of failing to pass a budget, Brown is changing his tune and telling Ohioans that he isn’t concerned about passing a budget. In fact, in the three years that Barack Obama and Sherrod Brown have controlled Washington, our national debt has increased by over $5 trillion – bringing the total debt to over $15.6 trillion. In an effort to distance himself from supporting President Obama’s tax-and-spend policies into law, Brown recently told a television station in Lima that he doesn’t think passing a budget – which according to some Democrats is the most basic responsibility of governing – is that important….

Brown & Fellow Democrats Once Again Shutdown Budget Process As a candidate for the Senate in 2006, liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown said that he supported a Balance Budget Amendment in order to restore fiscal sanity to our government. Yet, in the 6 years Brown has been in the Senate, the federal debt has skyrocketed by trillions and trillions of dollars.  In fact, since President Obama took office Brown has unabashedly supported every one of his big government spending programs, the government’s credit card bill has increased an additional $5 trillion — from $10.6 trillion to $15.6 trillion. What’s worse – Senate Democrats, including Brown – have refused to pass a budget for over three years – 1,085 days to be exact. And earlier today, Brown’s fellow Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee cancelled a planned markup of a federal budget for 2013, and announced that no action would be taken…

ObamaCare’s Medical Device Tax Is Preventing Invacare From Hiring New Workers While liberal Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown stays back in Washington, today President Barack Obama is bringing his campaign to Elyria, Ohio which is remarkable given that his job-killing policies have prevented businesses in this community from hiring new workers. President Obama and Senator Brown’s burdensome healthcare bill contained a harmful medical device tax that is expected to kill 45,000 jobs in the industry.  This tax specifically hits Elyria’s Invacare, who has said that ObamaCare is preventing them from hiring new workers. As the Washington Post reports: “[I]n the short run, some of his policies could cost existing jobs, especially health-care reform, if it is enacted. One of the few large businesses that has prospered in Lorain County in recent years has been Invacare, a maker of home medical devices, such as walkers and wheelchairs… The company has 1,300 employees…

Votes For “Sham” Buffett Tax Instead Of Passing A Budget As millions of Ohioans finish their taxes, liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown is working to ensure that next year some of them can pay even more money to the federal government, while refusing to pass a budget for the third year in a row.   Brown voted this evening in support of the Buffett Tax increase which according to the Wall Street Journal does virtually nothing to the national deficit, and does nothing to create a single job or lower gas prices.  Additionally, newspapers, economists and political commentators around the country have derided this vote as “total gimmickry,” “a ruse,” “a publicity stunt,” “a hoax,” and “a sham.” What’s more – it comes just one day after Senate Democrats, for the third year in a row, ignored the legal deadline of April 15th, established under the Budget Control Act of 1974, to…

Votes For “Sham” Buffett Tax Instead Of Passing A Budget As millions of Ohioans finish their taxes, liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown is working to ensure that next year some of them can pay even more money to the federal government, while refusing to pass a budget for the third year in a row.   Brown voted this evening in support of the Buffett Tax increase which according to the Wall Street Journal does virtually nothing to the national deficit, and does nothing to create a single job or lower gas prices.  Additionally, newspapers, economists and political commentators around the country have derided this vote as “total gimmickry,” “a ruse,” “a publicity stunt,” “a hoax,” and “a sham.” What’s more – it comes just one day after Senate Democrats, for the third year in a row, ignored the legal deadline of April 15th, established under the Budget Control Act of 1974, to…

Top DNC Strategist & Brown Supporter Claims Stay-At-Home Mothers Don’t Work Last evening in an effort to advance the Democrats’ politically calculated “war on women,” Hilary Rosen, a supporter and financial contributor to liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown, went on CNN and attacked stay-at-home mothers by claiming that they do not work. This top Democrat strategist specifically directed her politically motivated attack towards former Governor Mitt Romney’s family when she told Anderson Cooper that Governor Romney’s wife – who made the career choice to stay at home and raise their five children – has never worked a day in her life. As CNN reports: CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Notably, this attack comes straight from the playbook of Senate Democrat “messaging guru” Chuck Schumer, who recently bragged to Politico that the Democrats were going to portray the Republicans as anti-women. “Sherrod Brown should tell Ohio families whether he stands by…

As liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown brings his campaign to Toledo, Ohioans continue to pay for his failed energy policies.  During this stop, Brown will inevitably blame America’s energy producers for these high gas prices, but a quick glance at his record proves that the only person he has to blame is himself. During his two decade career in Washington, Brown has consistently voted against expanding our domestic oil supply and he has even voted to raise the national gasoline tax. “Not only has Sherrod Brown successfully voted to raise the national gasoline tax, he has also opposed efforts that would expand our domestic energy supply which could lower the price of gasoline,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “With Ohio paying $3.75-a-gallon for gasoline, Ohioans need a Senator who supports pro-jobs, pro-energy policies that will get the Buckeye State working again.” BACKGROUND … Not Only Has Brown…

Sierra Club Claims This Will Put An End To Coal Fired Power Plants, Which Accounts For 86% Of Ohio’s Energy As the Supreme Court continues to hear the oral arguments against Barack Obama and Sherrod Brown’s intrusive healthcare law, today the Obama Administration released their cap-and-trade mandate, which is expected to put dozens of coal plants out of business and kill 53,000 jobs in the Buckeye State. Brown had an opportunity to reign in these unelected bureaucrats and their cap-and-trade mandate, but rather than standing up for Ohio, he decided to support the agenda of extreme environmentalists. Additionally, the Sierra Club praised these new regulations because they claim it will ultimately put an end to coal fired power plants.  Given that coal accounts for 86 percent of Ohio’s energy, it’s no wonder the Ohio Manufacturers’ Associations has stated that these regulations will cause energy rates to increase by 13 percent…