At an anniversary for the 30th Anniversary of the day he was elected Mayor of Cleveland. He was the only Republican not to not vote against moving forward on debate on socialized health care.
George is a man who will not hesitate to describe himself as a deficit hawk, so [...]
Supporters of changing how justices are elected to the Ohio Supreme Court were buoyed today by the results of a survey showing support for reforms.
Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, Ohio State Bar Association President Barbara J. Howard and League of Women Voters President Meg G. Flack [...]
As expected GOP Sen. George V. Voinovich is blasting the Senate's Democrat-authored health care bill.
The Ohio Republican won't be in the chamber Saturday if a procedural vote known as cloture is taken. Sixty-votes are needed to prevent a filibuster - Republicans are nearly unanimously opposed to the bill' [...]
It seems like a long shot, but Buckeye Staters who want this country to be saved from statist health care ought to pursue it any way.
After spending 25 minutes on hold waiting to talk to someone at Sherrod Brown’s Washington Office, I was told that the Senator [...]
[tinyurl.com]We now have two very good, very real examples of what early, aggressive targeting of absentee voters can do.
This is truly a paradigm shift.
The old way of campaigning is done, finito, kaput...it has gone the way of the dinosaur, the dodo bird & Tim Grendell's' [...]
Bill Buckley once suggested that he would rather have the US government run by the first 400 people in the Boston telephone book. And considering that 79% of voters are apparently smarter on fiscal policy than your average Democrat Congressman, I agree:
As the policy debate has unfolded in Washington [...]
Gary Andres in the Weekly Standard explains that Rep. Zack Space, who represents a district where Pres. Obama received less than 50% of the vote, is playing a political risky game by supporting cap-and-trade and ObamaCare.
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Women's Voices. Women Vote is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy C. Young as our Executive Director. She will be responsible for managing the organization's programs and overseeing its daily operations.Both of Ohio's U.S. senators are sticking to their anticipated positions on the Senate's $849 billion health care bill unveiled last night - Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is a yes and GOP Sen. George V. Voinovich is a no.
That means that neither is an impact vote when it [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of Ohio House Representative and Speaker Pro Tempore, Matt Szollosi:
Rep. Szollosi, Ohio House Pass Comprehensive Election Reform Legislation
Key Changes Focus on Modernizing Elections System and Improving the Voter Registration Process
COLUMBUS – Speaker Pro Tempore Matthew A. Szollosi and the Ohio House of [...]
The Ohio House passed a bill today over Republican objections to make sweeping changes to how elections are run in Ohio, including expanding the number of sites a county can offer for early-absentee voting.
House Bill 260 passed the Democrat-controlled House 52-46 with a straight party-line vote, and the [...]
Later, [Speaker Bill] Harris said: “All of the small businesses that I’ve talked to, including my sons’, feel that [Strickland's proposed income tax "freeze] is absolutely a tax increase.”
Harris has been adamant in the past that he will not vote to raise taxes. Democrats have called the" [...]
An urgent email from the National Taxpayers Union:
Dear Matt,
Governor Strickland’s income tax increase could pass as soon as today if we don’t convince the Senate to reject it. Join us in calling Chairman John Carey and the rest of the Senate Finance Committee and urge them to vote NO [...]
