Sens. George Voinovich of Ohio and George LeMieux of Florida sided with Democrats to break a GOP filibuster on the small business bill. Remember when the GOP was all about reducing taxes, especially on small business? Yeah…neither do I.
Yup today is primary day here in the Buckeye state. The big race to watch will be the Democratic primary for Republican George Voinovich’s seat. Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher is up against Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The winner will face Republican Rob Portman, who left the house to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative […]
Without the help of Ben Nelson, Democrats were able to break the GOP filibuster on the jobs bill with the help of Kit Bond, George Voinovich, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Scott Brown. The final vote was 62-30, with Frank Lautenberg missing the vote because of his chemo. As Aravosis points out, Conservatives are on […]
The right is going after lawmakers who are not holding townhalls during the recess. I believe there is merit to this charge. We have a representative government and townhalls are a perfect opportunity to make sure that representation is well shared. However the list compiled on Hot Air seems to be rather partisan. They have […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer is preparing to rank President Obama’s first hundred days. In doing so they listed how local lawmakers have voted with the President. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio: 100 percent Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio: 86 percent Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio: 71 percent Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio: 43 percent Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.: 41 percent […]
Kit Bond announced this week that he would not be running for re-election in 2010, but now there are hints that George Voinovich may also be following suit: U.S. Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio is leaving open the possibility of not running for re-election in 2010. Voinovich, 72, is thinking about the challenging economic situation […]
That’s exactly what this is: A small group of Republicans facing election fights next year have rallied around war legislation they think could unite the GOP: call for an end to U.S. combat in Iraq, but wait until President Bush is out of office. The legislation was deemed essentially a nonstarter by Democrats Friday and […]
No matter how much Tony Snow and the rest of the White House try to spin it, the fact remains – the news coming out of Iraq is not good. GOP Senators are also seeing this and not buying the typical spin: Sen. George Voinovich said Tuesday the U.S. should begin pulling troops out of […]
Today’s Washington Post tells us that NOW 7 GOP Senators want to debate the Warner/Levin amendment, making this one of the biggest WTF moments in recent history: Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush’s new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every […]
In 1998 Bill Clinton made an appointment to the United Nations. He appointed Richard Holbrooke to be the diplomatic voice of the United States. For 14 months the Republicans in Senate continued to block Holbrooke’s appointment in what became “partisan bickering†Holbrooke was offered the recess appointment during this time, however he declined it. Holbrooke […]