{{infobox officeholder| name	Sherrod Brown
Jr/sr	Senior Senator
State	Ohio
Party	Democratic
Term start	January 3, 2007
Alongside	Rob Portman
Preceded	Mike DeWine
State2	Ohio
District2	13th
Term start2	January 3, 1993
Term end2	January 3, 2007
Preceded2	Don Pease
Succeeded2	Betty Sutton
Order3	47th Ohio Secretary of State
Term start3	1983
Term end3	1991
Governor3	Dick Celeste
Preceded3	Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.
Succeeded3	Bob Taft
State house9	Ohio
State9	Ohio
District9	61st
Preceded9	Joan Douglass
Succeeded9	Frank Sawyer
Term start9	January 3, 1975
Term end9	December 31, 1982
Birth date	November 09, 1952
Birth place	Mansfield, Ohio
Dead	alive
Occupation	Teacher
Residence	Avon, Ohio
Spouse	Larke Ummel Brown (div. 1987)Connie Schultz
Children	Emily BrownElizabeth Brown
alma mater	Yale University (B.A.)Ohio State University (M.P.A./M.A.)
Religion	Lutheran - ELCA
Website	Senator Sherrod Brown }}

Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. He previously served as Ohio Secretary of State (1983–1991) and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1974–1982).

Brown defeated two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in the 2006 U.S. Senate election. In the U.S. Senate, he is chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms and the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, and is also a member of the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Select Committee on Ethics.

Early life

Brown was born in Mansfield, Ohio to Emily Campbell and Charles Gailey Brown, M.D. He was named after his maternal grandfather. He became an Eagle Scout in 1967. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian studies from Yale University in 1974. At Yale, he was in Davenport College, the same residential college as U.S. Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush. He went on to receive a Master of Public Administration degree and a Master of Arts degree in education from the Ohio State University in Columbus in 1979 and 1981, respectively. He taught at the Mansfield branch campus of The Ohio State University from 1979 to 1981.

Career in politics

State politics

Brown served as an Ohio state representative from 1974 to 1982. He was one of the youngest state representatives in Ohio history, and supposedly, shortly after taking office, he was mistaken for an intern and asked to fetch coffee by a staffer. In 1982, he won a four-way Democratic primary that included Dennis Kucinich, now a Cleveland Congressman, then defeated Republican Virgil Brown in the general election for the office of Ohio Secretary of State, succeeding Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.. In 1986, Brown won re-election as secretary of state, defeating Vincent C. Campanella. In 1990, Brown lost when trying for a third term as secretary of state to Republican Bob Taft.

U.S. House of Representatives

In 1992, Brown moved from Mansfield to Lorain, Ohio and won the heavily contested Democratic primary for an open seat in Ohio's 13th district, located in the western and southern suburbs of Cleveland, after eight-term incumbent Don Pease announced his retirement. The Democratic-leaning district gave him an easy win over the little known Republican Margaret R. Mueller. He was re-elected six times, never facing substantive opposition with the exception of during the Republican landslide of 1994 when his opponent was a popular long-time local prosecutor.

Brown was the ranking minority member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. As a member of the House International Relations Committee, he also served on the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. He was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

In 2001, the Republican-controlled legislature threatened to draw Brown's district out from under him. Brown threatened to run for governor in 2002 against incumbent Bob Taft. The Republicans backed down, and in fact made his district even more heavily Democratic by adding most of Akron and drawing out Geauga and Portage counties.

In 2005, Brown led the Democratic effort to block the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). For many months, Brown worked as whip on the issue, securing Democratic "nay" votes and seeking Republican allies. After several delays, the House of Representatives finally voted on CAFTA after midnight on July 28, 2005. The Republican leadership kept the roll call open well past the 15 minute standard, and the House approved CAFTA by a vote of 217 to 215. CAFTA effectively passed by one vote a tie would have resulted in a defeat.

Brown cited this stinging outcome as the impetus for the next stage of his career: running for the U.S. Senate.

2006 Senate campaign

In August 2005, Brown announced he would not run for the United States Senate seat held by Republican Mike DeWine. In October, however, Brown reconsidered his decision to enter the ring. This announcement came shortly after Democrat Paul Hackett also stated that he would soon announce his candidacy.

On February 13, 2006, Hackett withdrew from the race, all but ensuring that Brown would win the Democratic nomination. In the May 2 primary, Brown won 78.05% of the Democratic vote. His opponent, Merrill Samuel Keiser, Jr., received 21.95% of the vote.

In the middle of his Senate campaign in April 2006 Brown, along with John Conyers, brought an action against George W. Bush and others alleging violations of the Constitution in the passing of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The case (''Conyers v. Bush'') was ultimately dismissed for 'lack of standing'.

On November 7, 2006, Brown faced two-term incumbent senator Mike DeWine in the general election. By 2:17 A.M. on November 8, most major television networks had declared Brown the winner against Mike DeWine. Brown won the seat with 56% of the vote to DeWine's 44%.

Subject of negative campaigning

One of DeWine's ads, aired in October 2006, suggests that opponent Sherrod Brown did not pay an unemployment tax bill for 13 years. This claim led to the Associated Press reporting on October 19, 2006 that, "Several Ohio television stations have stopped airing a Republican ad because state documents contradict the ad's accusation that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown didn't pay an unemployment tax bill for 13 years." Brown has produced a commercial citing these facts. Citing a clerical error, Brown actually paid the $1,700 bill, which was due in 1993, in April 1994. However, this clerical error made it appear as if he had not paid this bill.

Brown was the subject of a misunderstanding by Rush Limbaugh on his radio program on February 14, 2006. Commenting on Hackett's withdrawal from the Senate race the previous day, Limbaugh declared there was a racial element to that withdrawal, making that statement on the erroneous assumption that Brown was black. (Limbaugh apparently perceived "Sherrod" as a more common name among African-Americans than among whites.) He was corrected and withdrew his statement later in the same program.

Controversy

In March 2011, Brown came under controversy for a senate floor speech in which he cited the names of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin while he criticized Republican efforts in Ohio and Wisconsin to deprive the power of public employee unions to negotiate with state and local governments. In his speech he said "some of the worst governments that we've ever had, do you know one of the first things they did? They went after unions. Hitler didn't want unions, Stalin didn't want unions, Mubarak didn't want independent unions". Brown, however, added that he was not comparing the two situations. He later apologized for his speech.

On issues

Iraq war

Brown has opposed the war in Iraq since voting against the Iraq Resolution as a House Representative. He voted against the $87 billion war budgetary supplement. He also voted for redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008. In 2008, Sherrod Brown voted to appropriate funds for military matters of the Department of Defense, equaling $99.65 billion for the fiscal year 2008, and $65.92 billion for the fiscal year 2009. The bill also extended unemployment compensation and provided education funding for veterans.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights

Brown is a strong advocate of equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Americans. He opposed an amendment to Ohio's constitution that banned same sex marriage. Brown was also one of the few U.S. Representatives to vote against the then highly popular Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. He also voted against prohibiting gay adoptions in Washington DC, and received a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign. On November 30, 2010 Brown made a contribution to the It Gets Better Project from the Senate floor, and on December 18, 2010 he voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

Economy

Brown has been an avid proponent of continued funding of unemployment benefits, and cautioned his peers on the consequences on letting said benefits expire for many Americans. On December 3, 2010, when it became evident that Congress was going to let unemployment benefits expire for millions of Americans, Brown released an index demonstrating that every $1 spent on unemployment insurance benefits generates $1.60 in economic activity, creating a $90.26 billion economic impact. He stated it would affect more than 6 million Americans and create eight to 19 jobs per million dollars in budgetary cost.

Health care

In 2007 Senators Brown and Sam Brownback (R-KS) sponsored an amendment to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. President George W. Bush signed the bill in September 2007. The amendment created a prize as an incentive for companies to invest in new drugs and vaccines for neglected tropical diseases. It awards a transferable “Priority Review Voucher” to any company that obtains approval for a treatment for a neglected tropical disease. This provision adds to the market based incentives available for the development of new medicines for developing world diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and African sleeping sickness. The prize was proposed by Duke University faculty Henry Grabowski, Jeffrey Moe, and David Ridley in their 2006 ''Health Affairs'' paper: "Developing Drugs for Developing Countries."

Brown supported President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted for the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Family

Brown's wife, Connie Schultz, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at Cleveland's ''The Plain Dealer'' newspaper. Brown's daughter Emily works for the Service Employees International Union, daughter Elizabeth was an editorial assistant at New York Magazine and is currently a communication staff person for the Ohio House Democratic Caucus, and daughter Caitlin is currently performing a year of service with City Year Rhode Island, an Americorp program. Stepson Andrew C. Gard is a doctoral student (Ph.D., Mathematics) at Ohio State University. Brown's sister-in-law Anne M. Swanson is a communications attorney in Washington D.C. Brown and his family are Lutherans. They reside in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio.

Books authored

Brown is the author of two books:

''Congress from the Inside: Observations from the Majority and the Minority'' ISBN 0-87338-630-2

''Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed'' ISBN 1-56584-928-0

Committee assignments

Committee on Appropriations

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

*Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology

*Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support

*Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms (Chairman)

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

*Subcommittee on Economic Policy (Chairman)

*Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development

*Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance

*Subcommittee on Children and Families

*Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Select Committee on Ethics

Electoral history

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ : Results 1992–2004 !|Year ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! !|3rd Party !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! !|3rd Party !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |1992 | | | | align="right" |134,486 | |53% | | | | align="right" |88,889 | |35% | | |Mark Miller | |Independent | align="right" |20,320 | align="right" |8% | | |Tom Lawson | |Independent | align="right" |4,719 | align="right" |2% | |* |- |1994 | | |Sherrod Brown | align="right" |93,147 | |49% | | | | align="right" |86,422 | |46% | | |Howard Mason | |Independent | align="right" |7,777 | align="right" |4% | | | Ryan | |Independent | align="right" |2,430 | align="right" |1% | |- |1996 | | |Sherrod Brown | align="right" |148,690 | |61% | | | | align="right" |87,108 | |36% | | |David Kluter | |Natural Law | align="right" |8,707 | align="right" |4% | | | | | | |- |1998 | | |Sherrod Brown | align="right" |116,309 | |62% | | | | align="right" |72,666 | |38% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2000 | | |Sherrod Brown | align="right" |170,058 | |65% | | |Rick H. Jeric | align="right" |84,295 | |32% | | |Michael Chmura | |Libertarian | align="right" |5,837 | align="right" |2% | | |David Kluter | |Natural Law | align="right" |3,108 | align="right" |1% | |- |2002 | | |Sherrod Brown | align="right" |123,025 | |69% | | |Ed Oliveros | align="right" |55,357 | |31% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2004 | | |Sherrod Brown | align="right" |201,004 | |67% | | |Robert Lucas | align="right" |97,090 | |33% | | | | | | | | | | |

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ U.S. Senate (Class I) elections in Ohio: 2006 results !|Year ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |2006 | | | | align="right" |2,257,369 | |56% | | |Mike DeWine | align="right" |1,761,037 | |44% | |*

See also

Ohio United States Senate elections

Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 13th District

List of United States Representatives from Ohio

References

External links

United States Senator Sherrod Brown ''official U.S. Senate site''

Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate ''official campaign site''

Sen. Sherrod Brown's Blog at Huffington Post

Profile on SourceWatch

Profile at ''Campaign 2004'' at USA Today

Profile at PoliGu.com

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Brent Spence (December 24, 1874 - September 18, 1967), a native of Newport, Kentucky, was a long time Democratic Congressman, attorney, and banker from Northern Kentucky.

Spence was born in Newport, Kentucky to Philip and Virginia (Berry) Spence. He was graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1894 with a degree in law and was admitted to the bar that same year. He married Ida Bitterman on September 6, 1919.

He was very active in local and state politics, serving first in the Kentucky Senate, 1904-1908, then as city solicitor of Newport, 1916-1924. In 1930 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 6th District; he held this position from March 4, 1931 until January 3, 1963 when illness forced him to retire. Spence, was at the time of his retirement, one of the oldest members to serve in the House.

Spence chaired the U.S. House Banking and Currency Committee (1943-1963, except for four years when Republicans controlled Congress). He was a delegate to the 44-nation Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, to promote fair commerce. This led to creating the International Monetary Fund and Bank, and Spence's sponsoring legislation in Congress. Spence was a strong supporter of the New Deal and the Fair Deal. During President Roosevelt's administration, he supported the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Social Security Act, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Altogether Spence was a quiet man, who was not a good public speaker. However, he was known for his impartial leadership and could get critical legislation passed. His background in banking is credited for leading him to sponsor the Export-Import Federal Deposit Insurance Act, which doubled insured savings accounts from $5,000 to $10,000.

The Brent Spence Bridge of I-75/I-71 which crosses the Ohio River at Covington, Kentucky is named for him. He and his wife resided in Fort Thomas, Kentucky at the time of his death. His funeral service was at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Newport, where he was a lifetime member, then buried in Evergreen Cemetery (Southgate, Kentucky).

References

"Brent Spence" in ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky), 1993.

Hedlund, Richard. "Brent Spence and the Bretton Woods Legislation", ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'' 79 (Winter 1981).

External links

Kentucky Historical Markers

Find A Grave

Brent Spence

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name	Rich Boy
background	solo_singer
birth name	Marece Richards
alias	New Money, Cartier Benjamin
birth date	September 02, 1983
origin	Mobile, Alabama
instrument	Vocals
genre	Hip hop
occupation	Rapper, Producer
years active	2006 – present
label	Zone 4, Interscope
associated acts	Polow da Don
website	RichBoyOnline.com
notable instruments	}}

Marece Richards (born September 2, 1983), better known by his stage name Rich Boy, is an American rapper from Mobile, Alabama. He is best known for the hit single "Throw Some D's". His self-titled debut album was released in early 2007.

Background

Early career

Richards dropped out of his studies of mechanical engineering at Tuskegee University in order to concentrate on trying to rap. Rich Boy signed a contract with Zone 4 through Interscope Records and started to work on his debut album. In the meantime, he sneaked onto one of Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace compilations and on a few mix tapes, such as Comeback Season by Canadian rapper Drake and ''Da Bottom, Vol. 5'' by DJ Ideal and Jermaine Dupri.

2007: ''Self titled debut album''

On March 13, 2007, Rich Boy released his self-titled debut album, with the singles "Throw Some D's," "Boy Looka Here," "''Good Things''", and "Let's Get This Paper". "Throw Some D's" reached #6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #3 on the Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs, and #2 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. "Boy Looka Here" and "Good Things" both peaked around #50 on the R&B; chart.

2011: ''Resurrected In Diamonds''

He recently released a single "Top of the World", part of the ''More Than A Game'' soundtrack album. Rich Boy's second album ''Resurrected in Diamonds'' is slated for a 2011 release. The first single is "She Luvs Me (She Luvs Mi Knot)" featuring Polow da Don and it was released on June 21, 2010.Dr. Dre and Polow da Don produced on the album. Rich Boy has also worked with R&B; singer Lloyd and Young Money artist Drake, on a track called "To The Floor"

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
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2007				*Released: March 13, 2007	*Label: Interscope/Zone 4	*Format: CD, LP, digital download
2011	''Resurrected In Diamonds ''			*Release date: TBA, 2011	*Label: Interscope/Zone 4	*Format: CD, LP, digital download

Mixtapes

! Year	! Mixtape
	''Bring It To The Block''			*Released: 2006	*Label: Zone 4/ Interscope/ Aphilliates	*Hosted By DJ Drama''
	''Bigger Than The Mayor''			*Released: 2008	*Label: Zone 4/ Interscope
	''Pacc Man''			*Released: 2009	*Label: Zone 4/ Interscope
			*Released: 2009	*Label: Zone 4/ Interscope	*Hosted By DJ Scream''
	''12 Diamonds''			*Released: 2011	*Label: Zone 4/ Interscope
''Gold Kilo$''			*Released: May 12, 2011	*Label: Zone 4/ Interscope

Solo singles

Year	Song	Peak charts	Album
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2006	"Throw Some D's" (Featuring Polow da Don)
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	align="left" valign="top"|"To The Floor" (Featuring Lloyd & Drake)

Dat Ass

Dat Ass is an internet meme based on a still photograph of rapper Rich Boy that was taken during his studio visit to MTV’s Total Request Live in March 2007. The original picture reveals the young Southern rapper biting his lower lip while trying to listen to someone speaking in the audience. Since its inception, both the facial expression and the catchphrase “Dat Ass” have been used as a popular response to rump threads on message boards.

References

External links

Official website

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