Senate candidate Jim Renacci thanks Sherrod Brown for exposure in attack ads during Akron visit
A late entry in the
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"I had people come up to me and say, 'I saw you on TV, you're
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Renacci said local business people urged him to run for mayor, then
"Anybody in this room who has ever had the federal government take something away from you," he said, "it's a difficult situation that you should never be comfortable with."
Renacci grew up in a steel-making, coal-mining town outside
He called himself a friend of organized labor, offering a joke that instead of lying -- which is the "easiest thing to do in politics" -- he told a room full of union firefighters in
On Tuesday, Renacci went after Brown, who spoke in
Renacci called the divisive confirmation of
In Obama's signature Affordable Care Act, Renacci voiced support for covering pre-existing conditions, allowing children on family plans until 26 and eliminating lifetime caps on benefits. Then he called concern to the 185,000 Ohioans -- 85 percent earning
The House Ways and Means and Budget committee member characterized the ACA as doomed because premiums are too high for people who just don't qualify for subsidies. "It's not affordable to the middle," he said, articulating off-stage that transparency and competition could bring down premiums.
On an audience question about climate change, Renacci pivoted to the ballooning national debt. In defending the Republican-backed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which congressional researchers say will add
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