Editing Rob Portman (section)

==Post-White House career==
On November 8, 2007, Portman joined the law firm [[Squire Sanders]] as part of its transactional and international trade practice in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio. His longtime chief of staff, Rob Lehman, also joined the firm as a lobbyist in its Washington, D.C. office.<ref>{{cite press release|date=November 8, 2007|via=PR Newswire|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rob-portman-to-join-squire-sanders--dempsey-llp-58806362.html|title=Rob Portman to Join Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.|publisher=Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501161123/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rob-portman-to-join-squire-sanders--dempsey-llp-58806362.html|archive-date=May 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 31, 2011|newspaper=LegiStorm|url=http://www.legistorm.com/blog/portman-s-top-adviser-took-a-hefty-pay-cut-through-the-revolving-door.html|title=Portman's top adviser took a hefty pay cut through the revolving door|access-date=October 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102070207/http://www.legistorm.com/blog/portman-s-top-adviser-took-a-hefty-pay-cut-through-the-revolving-door.html|archive-date=January 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, Portman founded Ohio's Future [[political action committee|P.A.C.]], a [[political action committee]].<ref name="dispatch-pac">{{cite news|work=[[Columbus Dispatch]]|first=Jonathan|last=Riskind|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2008/04/10/portpac.ART_ART_04-10-08_A5_969SU8R.html|title=Weighing 2010 contest, Portman names former aide to run PAC|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://ohiosfuture.com/blog.htm "Discuss Ohio's Future with Rob Portman on his blog"], ''OhiosFuture.com'', undated</ref> In 2008, he was cited as a potential [[running mate]] for Republican presidential nominee [[John McCain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://townhall.com/Columnists/RobertNovak/2008/03/28/portman_for_vp|title=Portman for VP|last=Novak|first=Robert|date=March 28, 2008|publisher=Townhall.com|access-date=February 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/barack-obama-and-john-mccain-begin-the-search-for-running-mates|title=Barack Obama and John McCain Begin the Search for Running Mates|date=May 27, 2008|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=February 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/04/rob_portman_1.html|title=Rob Portman: GOP vice presidential candidate?|last=Auster|first=Elizabeth|date=April 18, 2008|publisher=Cleveland.com|access-date=February 15, 2011}}</ref> Portman remained critical of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], passed while he was out of office.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/portman-blasts-stimulus-touts-tax-cuts/1d0pt7slp?cpkey=3e00b92a-50a8-4ece-ac59-db23df4c91c6%257c%257c%257c%257c|title=Portman Blasts Stimulus, Touts Tax Cuts|publisher=Bing Videos|date=October 13, 2010|access-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511085227/http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/portman-blasts-stimulus-touts-tax-cuts/1d0pt7slp?cpkey=3e00b92a-50a8-4ece-ac59-db23df4c91c6%257c%257c%257c%257c|archive-date=May 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>