Sherrod Brown

IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th

2013-05-21 19:13:00

WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...

IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting

2013-05-21 11:32:00

WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...

Senate panel approves Obama nominees to head SEC, consumer bureau

2013-03-19 08:18:00

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog....

The challenging math of passing immigration reform

2013-01-28 10:54:00

WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate

2012-11-07 00:50:00

WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...

Xi Jinping confronted on human rights in Capitol Hill meeting

2012-02-15 11:47:00

A potentially tense exchange between Republican Sen. John McCain�and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday provided a glimpse into the personal political skills of heir apparent to China's�presidency. Xi was holding a private meeting with nearly...

'Super PACs' are showing their power

2012-01-01 00:00:00

Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, funding aggressive attack campaigns that are swamping the efforts of the candidates themselves. In Ohio,...

GOP blocks vote on Richard Cordray to head consumer bureau [Updated]

2011-12-08 16:34:36

How to retire Dennis Kucinich or Marcy Kaptur: Put both Dems in the same Ohio district

2011-09-15 16:36:28

As seen on TV: Obama's new and improved economic plan speech

2010-09-08 16:36:13

How to defend (or not) a vote against cutting checks for senior citizens

2010-12-08 21:34:31

'Lie of the Year': dirty, rotten government takeover of healthcare

2010-12-18 16:32:36

SERIOUS CHALLENGER: Democrat Sherrod Brown bested incumbent GOP Sen. Mike DeWine by 12 percentage points in a poll of Ohio independents.

2006-11-04 00:00:00