First appearance on Fox: Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has long denounced the presence of corporate PAC money in politics, even vowing not to accept it when considering a presidential bid, but this year he Received hundreds of thousands of dollars from PAC.
Mr. Brown, who has served in the Senate since 2007 and is widely believed to be one of the most vulnerable Democrats running for re-election this fall, is expected to be elected in the first quarter of 2024. He raked in nearly $300,000 from various corporate PACs and donated that money to one of his own. Campaign or affiliated super PAC, according to FEC filings.
Corporate PACs supporting Mr. Brown include New York Life Insurance PAC, PricewaterhouseCoopers PAC, Visa Inc. Political Action Committee, Boeing Inc. Political Action Committee, and New York Mellon Bank/Federal Government PAC.
For decades, Mr. Brown has been discussing the influence of corporate PAC money and The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Brown has promised not to accept money from corporate PACs while considering a run for president in 2019.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) during a Senate vote at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“It costs a lot of money to run a campaign these days,” Brown said. told the Washington Post “There’s pressure on the Democratic Party to collect more corporate money. That’s not good for the Democratic Party and it’s not good for the country.”
In recent months, Mr. Brown has touted his record on social media in standing up to big banks and “corporate greed.”
“I will always stand up to greedy companies that shrink the size of their products without cutting costs, Brown Posted in X During April.
“Corporate greed is a threat to Ohio’s small businesses and workers,” Brown said. Posted in X March. “I will always stand up to corporations and special interests and fight for the people of Ohio.”
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Sen. Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio and Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, during a public hearing in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2023. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Federal Election Commission has designated a “corporate PAC,” also known as a corporate PAC, as a political action committee operated by a single corporation that solicits contributions from its officers, managers, stakeholders, and their families. Masu.
During his tenure, Mr. Brown scraped together The Washington Free Beacon reported in 2019 that millions of dollars were being paid by corporate PACs.
In recent years, leading Democratic politicians have pledged to stop accepting money from corporate PACs, a move criticized as allowing candidates to benefit from special interests.
“Rejecting corporate PAC funding is a way to show commitment to addressing the problem of money in politics, and its popularity has made this issue more “It helps keep it at the top of the agenda.” told roll call In 2022.
“We expect this trend to continue to grow, which will help in our efforts to advance anti-corruption laws, including the eradication of black money.”
Brown currently chairs the Senate Banking Committee, and FEC records show his re-election campaign received funding from Visa and Mastercard. carried out lobbying activities Credit Card Competition Bill Submitted to the Banking Committee.
Reagan McCarthy, a spokesperson for Brown’s Republican challenger Bernie Moreno, told Fox News Digital: “Sherrod Brown has spent his political career doing what it takes to remain in office. I’m willing to do whatever it takes.”
“Mr. Brown tells hard-working Ohioans that his re-election campaign is funded by corporate PACs and is against big business. I will not be fooled by his hypocrisy in November.”
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Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)
“When Sherrod Brown wanted to run for president, he told voters that he would refuse money from corporate PACs,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Philip Retzow told Fox News Digital. “Now that he’s running for re-election, he’s received more special interest than almost any other U.S. senator. In his 50 years in politics, Sherrod Brown has told voters I have turned into a hypocrite who does something else.”
Brown is Referenced During his three years as head of the Senate Banking Committee, he led a national campaign against big banks and corporations, leading some to call him the “sheriff” of Wall Street.There was also brown Promotion of the RECOUP Act Supporters are calling it the strongest banking reform bill since Dodd-Frank.
“Mr. Sherrod is one of the nation’s strongest leaders standing up for big business on behalf of Ohio workers, which is one of the reasons Ohioans continue to elect him to the U.S. Senate and will continue to do so in 2024. “It’s one of the reasons Mr. Sherrod wins in battle,” said spokesman Reeves Oyster. Friends of Sherrod Brown told FOX News Digital in a statement.
“We are proud of the grassroots coalition he has built, and we have no doubt it will show up to support him again this year.”
Brown’s race against Moreno in November will be one of the most-watched races in the country. Many see this as one of the best opportunities for Republicans to regain the Senate majority, which Democrats currently hold by a 51-49 margin.
of cook political report He rates the Ohio Senate race as a “big loss.”
