Sherrod Brown

Introduced a Senate bill proposing that time spent in hospital observation care count toward Medicare's three-day inpatient rule for covering a later nursing home stay (Senate Bill 4137, 2024). Senators Collins and Whitehouse joined him, and the bill did not pass.

April 17, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped insulin at $35 a month for people on Medicare and let Medicare negotiate the price of some drugs. It became law on August 16, 2022.

August 16, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted for the PACT Act, which widened health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. It became law on August 10, 2022. He was not among the bill's sponsors.

August 10, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted to pass H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, which let Medicare negotiate drug prices, capped Medicare insulin at $35 monthly and funded clean energy. The Senate split 50-50 and the Vice President broke the tie; it became Public Law 117-169 on August 16, 2022.

August 7, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted for the CARES Act coronavirus relief package; the Senate passed it 96-0.

March 25, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted for Senate passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; the bill passed 60-39.

December 24, 2009Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Introduced a bipartisan bill creating tax credits for producing chemicals made from U.S. plant material and for building the plants that make them (Senate Bill 4931).

August 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted for S.J.Res. 58, which would have wiped out the Energy Department rule setting higher efficiency standards for home gas furnaces. The Senate passed it 50-45, but the House never voted, so the standards stayed.

May 21, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted to pass S. 4072, a bill barring 2024 spending to carry out EPA tailpipe pollution limits for 2027 and later cars and trucks. It needed 60 votes and failed 52-46, so it never became law.

April 18, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted to pass S.J.Res. 61, which would cancel the Federal Highway Administration rule making states measure and set targets for greenhouse gas pollution from highways. The Senate passed it 53-47. The House never voted, so it died and the rule stayed in place.

April 10, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 24, which the Senate passed 51-49. The resolution would have cancelled the Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing the northern long-eared bat as endangered. The President vetoed it and the Senate override attempt failed, so the bat kept its federal protection.

May 11, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 9, which would have wiped out the Fish and Wildlife Service rule protecting the lesser prairie-chicken as threatened and endangered. The Senate passed it 50-48 and the House followed 221-206. The President then vetoed it, and the Senate override attempt failed 47-46, leaving the rule in force.

May 3, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 11, which passed the Senate 50-49 and sought to cancel the EPA rule tightening nitrogen oxide limits for new heavy-duty trucks. A no vote was a vote to keep those limits. The President vetoed the measure and the override failed, so the rule survived.

April 26, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against passing H.J.Res. 27, 53-43, using the Congressional Review Act to repeal the rule defining which streams and wetlands the Clean Water Act protects. The President vetoed it, and the House override attempt failed, so the rule stayed in place.

March 29, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted to pass H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, which let Medicare negotiate drug prices, capped Medicare insulin at $35 monthly and funded clean energy. The Senate split 50-50 and the Vice President broke the tie; it became Public Law 117-169 on August 16, 2022.

August 7, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 55, which the Senate passed 50-47. The measure would have cancelled the White House environmental council rule that restored broader environmental reviews of federal projects. The House never voted on it, so it never became law.

August 4, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted for S.J.Res. 14, which cancelled the 2020 EPA rule that had dropped methane limits on new and rebuilt oil and gas sources. The Senate passed it 52-42, the House agreed, and it became law on June 30, 2021 (Public Law 117-23).

April 28, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Brown introduced the Federal Jobs for STARs Act to expand federal hiring paths for workers skilled through alternative routes.

July 31, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to preserve and protect apartment buildings that get federal housing aid from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It died in the 118th Congress without a vote (Senate Bill 3931).

March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill creating a federal Housing Supply Fund that awards competitive grants for building and preserving affordable homes (Senate Bill 3928).

March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted against sending H.J.Res. 98 to the President; the Senate approved it anyway, 50-48. The resolution would have cancelled the labor board rule making it easier to treat a franchisor and its franchisee as joint employers. The President vetoed it and the House override failed, so the rule stayed.

April 10, 2024Supports Labor Rights

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted to find former President Donald Trump guilty of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial; the 57-43 vote fell short of conviction.

February 13, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Helped enact anti-money-laundering and corporate-transparency reforms through the annual defense law; the Senate overrode President Trump's veto 81-13.

January 1, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Brown introduced the Federal Jobs for STARs Act to expand federal hiring paths for workers skilled through alternative routes.

July 31, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, 50-47, to wipe out the 2022 rule narrowing when using benefits like Medicaid counts against green card seekers. The House never voted on it, so the 2022 rule stayed in place.

May 17, 2023Supports Immigration

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 46, a resolution to cancel the rule letting asylum officers decide asylum claims directly instead of sending them to immigration court. The Senate rejected it 46-48, so it did not become law.

May 26, 2022Supports Immigration

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Co-authored the Social Security Fairness Act with Senator Susan Collins. It repealed two offsets that had cut Social Security benefits for retired teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public servants, and was signed into law on January 5, 2025.

January 5, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill adding extra funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the budget year ending September 30, 2024. The Senate referred it to the Appropriations Committee (Senate Bill 4997).

September 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill creating a federal Housing Supply Fund that awards competitive grants for building and preserving affordable homes (Senate Bill 3928).

March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted for the PACT Act, which widened health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. It became law on August 10, 2022. He was not among the bill's sponsors.

August 10, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted for the CHIPS and Science Act package supporting domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research; the Senate approved it 64-33.

July 27, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state crisis-intervention and mental-health programs; the Senate passed it 65-33.

June 23, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Helped enact the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with his Bridge Investment Act and Build America, Buy America provisions included.

November 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Was the lead U.S. Senate sponsor of the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act, which provided federal financial assistance to failing multiemployer pension plans and was enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan signed into law March 11, 2021.

March 11, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched July 3, 2026

Voted for the CARES Act coronavirus relief package; the Senate passed it 96-0.

March 25, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Co-authored the Social Security Fairness Act with Senator Susan Collins. It repealed two offsets that had cut Social Security benefits for retired teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public servants, and was signed into law on January 5, 2025.

January 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, which repealed two rules that cut Social Security benefits for people with government pensions. Retired teachers, police officers, and other public workers gained full benefits. The Senate passed it 76-20 and it became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

December 21, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Introduced a bill creating federal help for fossil-fuel workers who lose jobs as the country shifts to clean energy. It proposed wage replacement, health and retirement help, training up to a four-year degree, and college grants for their children (Senate Bill 5034).

September 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill adding extra funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the budget year ending September 30, 2024. The Senate referred it to the Appropriations Committee (Senate Bill 4997).

September 9, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to renew the federal trade adjustment assistance program. It died in the 118th Congress without a vote (Senate Bill 4582).

June 18, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Brown introduced the Yes in God's Backyard Act to reduce barriers to housing development on land owned by faith-based organizations.

March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to preserve and protect apartment buildings that get federal housing aid from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It died in the 118th Congress without a vote (Senate Bill 3931).

March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted to pass S. 3853, a bill extending and widening federal payments to people sickened by nuclear testing fallout, uranium mining and Manhattan Project waste. The Senate passed it 69-30, but the House never voted and the bill died.

March 7, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 43, which would cancel the Education Department's SAVE plan, the student loan plan that lowered payments based on income. The Senate rejected it 49-50, so it did not become law.

November 15, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against sending H.J.Res. 45 to the President; the Senate approved it anyway, 52-46. The resolution would have cancelled the Education Department rule that paused federal student loan payments and erased up to $20,000 of debt per borrower. The veto stood after the House override failed.

June 1, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Was the lead U.S. Senate sponsor of the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act, which provided federal financial assistance to failing multiemployer pension plans and was enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan signed into law March 11, 2021.

March 11, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched July 3, 2026

Voted to pass the Senate's version of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief with $1,400 payments. The Senate approved it 50-49, the House agreed, and it became Public Law 117-2 on March 11, 2021.

March 6, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted for the CARES Act coronavirus relief package; the Senate passed it 96-0.

March 25, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted against H.J.Res. 44, which would have wiped out the federal firearms rule treating pistols fitted with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles needing stricter registration. It had passed the House, but failed in the Senate 49-50.

June 22, 2023Supports Gun Control

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state crisis-intervention and mental-health programs; the Senate passed it 65-33.

June 23, 2022Supports Gun Control

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Introduced a bill on July 24, 2024 proposing to ban connected vehicles and vehicle parts made in countries the U.S. treats as adversaries from operating within 25 miles of military bases, federal facilities, or sensitive infrastructure. The Senate referred it to committee and it never advanced (S. 4763, Countering Adversary Reconnaissance Act of 2024).

July 24, 2024Supports National Defense

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted to advance the bipartisan national-security and border package containing negotiated border restrictions and aid to U.S. allies; the cloture motion failed 49-50.

February 7, 2024Supports National Defense

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Introduced Senate Bill 4873, proposing to bar companies tied to foreign adversaries from claiming the federal tax credit for advanced solar manufacturing.

July 31, 2024Supports Foreign Trade

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Helped enact the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with his Bridge Investment Act and Build America, Buy America provisions included.

November 15, 2021Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted for the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement implementing bill; the Senate passed it 89-10.

January 16, 2020Supports Foreign Trade

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

A leading congressional opponent of free-trade agreements, led the U.S. House opposition to the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in 2005, falling short by two votes, and consistently voted against trade deals with China, South Korea, Colombia, Panama, and others as harmful to American manufacturing workers.

July 28, 2005Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 3, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to restore full union bargaining rights to doctors, nurses, and other clinicians who work at Veterans Affairs hospitals (Senate Bill 4046). Nineteen other senators joined as cosponsors, and the bill was sent to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.

March 21, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 42, which would overturn federal protections against sexual-orientation and gender-identity discrimination in food programs. The Senate rejected it 47-50, so it did not become law.

October 26, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted yes at Senate passage of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, making states honor valid same-sex and interracial marriages. The Senate passed it 61-36, the House agreed, and it became Public Law 117-228 on December 13, 2022.

November 29, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, which passed the House 357-66.

October 24, 2001Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted against the Defense of Marriage Act, which passed the House 342-67.

July 12, 1996Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted against H.J.Res. 109, a resolution to cancel SEC accounting guidance for companies that safeguard customers' crypto assets. A no vote backed keeping that guidance. It passed the Senate 60-38, was vetoed on May 31, 2024, and the House override attempt failed on July 11, 2024.

May 16, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Helped enact his bipartisan FEND Off Fentanyl Act, creating sanctions and anti-money-laundering authorities aimed at fentanyl suppliers, traffickers, and cartels.

April 24, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted against sending H.J.Res. 98 to the President; the Senate approved it anyway, 50-48. The resolution would have cancelled the labor board rule making it easier to treat a franchisor and its franchisee as joint employers. The President vetoed it and the House override failed, so the rule stayed.

April 10, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 32, which the Senate passed 53-44. The resolution would cancel the consumer bureau rule requiring lenders to report small business lending data, including loans to women-owned and minority-owned firms. It was vetoed, and the Senate override attempt failed 54-45 on January 10, 2024.

October 18, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped insulin at $35 a month for people on Medicare and let Medicare negotiate the price of some drugs. It became law on August 16, 2022.

August 16, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted for S.J.Res. 15, which cancelled the bank regulator's true-lender rule. That rule let a national bank be named as lender on loans funded by others, shielding those loans from state interest rate caps. The Senate passed it 52-47 and it became law on June 30, 2021 (Public Law 117-24).

May 11, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Helped enact anti-money-laundering and corporate-transparency reforms through the annual defense law; the Senate overrode President Trump's veto 81-13.

January 1, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted for final Senate passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; the measure passed 60-39.

July 15, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Introduced a bipartisan bill capping how strict federal efficiency rules for electric grid transformers can be, aimed at protecting U.S. transformer supply (Senate Bill 3627).

January 18, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Helped enact the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with his Bridge Investment Act and Build America, Buy America provisions included.

November 15, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: banking.senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Voted to pass H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan deal putting roughly $1 trillion into roads, bridges, transit, broadband and water. The Senate passed it 69-30, the House later agreed, and it became Public Law 117-58 on November 15, 2021.

August 10, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted to pass S. 316, a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations, ending the legal basis for military action there. The Senate passed it 66-30, but the House never voted and the bill died.

March 29, 2023Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: senate.gov · researched August 24, 2026

Voted against the 2002 authorization for the use of military force against Iraq, which passed the House 296-133.

October 10, 2002Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Received the Ohio Conference of Teamsters' endorsement for the 2026 U.S. Senate election.

July 10, 2026

Source: teamster.org · researched August 18, 2026

Received Actors' Equity Association's endorsement for the 2026 U.S. Senate election.

May 4, 2026

Source: actorsequity.org · researched August 18, 2026

Received the Ohio AFL-CIO Executive Board's endorsement for the 2026 U.S. Senate election.

February 13, 2026

Source: northshoreaflcio.org · researched August 18, 2026

Received the Ohio Federation of Teachers' endorsement for the 2026 U.S. Senate election.

October 8, 2025

Source: oh.aft.org · researched August 18, 2026

Introduced a bill creating a tax credit for truck fleets that buy retreaded tires, worn tires rebuilt in the United States with new tread, capped at $30 per tire. It also would have required federal agencies to order a retread whenever a suitable one is on the government tire list (Senate Bill 4685). The bill died when the 118th Congress ended.

July 11, 2024

Source: congress.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Voted against S.J.Res. 29, which would cancel the federal workplace safety rule requiring large employers to have workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly. The Senate passed it 52-48, but the House never voted on it, so it did not become law.

December 8, 2021

Source: senate.gov · researched September 11, 2026