Sen. Brown accuses Republicans of ‘playing politics’ with health care vote

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called the House Republican plan to vote Jan. 12 to repeal the health-care package “a colossal waste of time.”

“They’re just playing politics,” Brown said today at the Austintown Senior Center about House Republicans. “I think we need to focus on job creation.”

Brown, a Democrat from Avon, visited with about 80 people at the center to discuss some of the changes to health care that took effect last Saturday as part of President Barack Obama’s health-care package. The package was approved by the U.S. House and Senate, both controlled by Democrats, last year.

But the results of the November general election gave Republicans a majority in the House, effective Wednesday, with Democrats retaining control of the Senate, but with a smaller majority.

Republican House members are to vote Jan. 12 to repeal the health-care legislation. But with Democrats controlling the Senate and Obama, a Democrat, as president, the effort won’t go anywhere, said Brown and other Democrats.

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