DSCC Executive Director Christie Roberts issued the following statement on Senator Rob Portman’s vote against the American Rescue Plan and the Ohio Senate race:
“Josh Mandel, Jane Timken and every other Republican candidate who runs to replace Senator Portman in 2022 will be forced to explain why they would side with Mitch McConnell and the politicians in Washington who repeatedly delayed and voted to block this urgently needed relief package, and against the Ohio families and communities struggling in this pandemic.”
Portman’s vote against the American Rescue Plan comes as nearly 17,000 Ohioans have died, nearly one million have been infected, and thousands more are jobless, have seen their small businesses close, or had their lives upended during this crisis.
Senator Portman voted today against a relief package that will:
While Republicans voted no, the American people support this plan:
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