In 2011, among the National Journal’s annual rankings, Sherrod Brown tied with eight other members-including Bernie Sanders—for the title of the most liberal member of Congress.
In 2009, when the vote on President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) came down to just a few votes, Brown (an ardent advocate of the legislation) was attending services for his deceased mother. The White House provided a plane in order to fly him back to vote for the bill when it was determined that no commercial flight would make it on time. “Although most senators voted shortly after 5:30 p.m., the 60th and final vote was not cast until 10:46 p.m. by Sen. Sherrod Brown.”
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
Brown’s sister-in-law Anne M. Swanson is a communications attorney in Washington D.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherrod_Brown
SEIU! What is she, a hit-man? Er, woman.