Tagged: Rob Portman

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park, has been working behind the scenes to clear the way for the renomination of an Ohio Democrat, Richard Cordray, as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a story in Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper.

Senate Republicans have thus far refused to move on President Obama's renomination of Cordray, a former Ohio treasurer and attorney general, along with a number of other presidential appointments.

Gay marriage and guns.

Two issues, so completely different from one another, and yet they have defined Ohio’s junior senator, Rob Portman, in 2013.

Pundits and politicians alike are pondering how the Terrace Park Republican’s positions on these hot-button issues will impact his chances for re-election in 2016.

2016 seems to be a long way away; but, in politics, it is never too early to start thinking about the next election.