Ohio Senators Unite Across Party Lines in Response to Train Derailment

Sens. Sherrod Brown (D) and JD Vance (R) have put aside their political differences to pass legislation bolstering railroad safety and to ensure residents are not forgotten as they grapple with the damage and dangers left behind by the East Palestine train derailment. The Buckeye State has grown steadily redder during Brown’s time in office, voting for former President Trump twice even as other ancestrally Democratic states like Pennsylvania and Michigan flipped back to Biden in 2020. The progressive senator has handily won reelection twice, but his collaboration with Vance comes ahead of what promises to be a tough battle.