George Voinovich

What Will Immigration Advocates Learn From DREAM's Defeat?

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Were advocates of comprehensive immigration reform too slow to shift to supporting piecemeal legislation? And, did these leaders advance the optimal piecemeal strategy by focusing exclusively on the DREAM Act?

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Bernie Sanders Rallies Activists To Sink Obama's Tax Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Defecit, Debt, National Debt, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Federal Deficit, Tax Cut Compromise, Tax Cuts, George Voinovich, Bernie Sanders, Sen. George Voinovich, Senator-George-Voinovich, Obama Tax Cut Compromise, Senator Bernie Sanders, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told thousands of Americans that if Republicans "run over us now, there is no stopping these guys," and called on...

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GOP Senator George Voinovich Will Vote Against Any Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Voinovich Bush Tax Cuts, Sen. George Voinovich, George Voinovich, Voinovich Bush Tax Cuts, Bush Tax Cuts Extension, Voinovich Bush Tax Cuts Extension, Voinovich, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

Retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) has broken ground in the Senate by becoming the first to announce that he won't support any extension of the B...

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Seeking Republican Patriots: How Reining in Anonymous Attack Ads Can Help Save Our Democracy

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Scott Brown, Susan Collins, Tea Party, Mark Kirk, Olympia Snowe, Campaign Finance Reform, Lame Duck Session, George Voinovich, Citizens United, DISCLOSE Act, Politics News

Does Olympia Snowe really want to be the target of waves of anonymous attack ads in support of some conservative primary challenger?

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Small-Business Aid Bill Advances In Senate, Dems Praise Voinovich

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business Lending Bill, George Voinovich, Senate Small Business, Senator George Voinovich, Small Business Aid Bill, Small Business Bill, Voinovich, Politics News

A bill to help support lending to small businesses advanced in the Senate on Tuesday, clearing a critical Republican hurdle. The vote was 61-37. The l...

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George Voinovich and the Republican Stampede

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Incentives, George Voinovich, Small Business, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Small Business Bill, Republican Party, Politics News

Republicans may give lip service to being the Party of Business, but when it comes time to actually show it, those lips are blowing raspberries.

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Lee Fisher Wins Ohio Democratic Primary For U.S. Senate Race

Associated Press / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate, Lee Fisher, Senate Races, Rob Portman, Indiana, George Voinovich, Ohio, 2010 Midterm Elections, North Carolina, Jennifer Brunner, Politics News

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, a former Ohio attorney, won the state's Democratic primary for the Senate race. Backed by Democrats in Washingto...

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Reid Leads

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Chris Dodd, Obama, Reform, Republican, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Reform, Richard Shelby, Carl Levin, Reid, Scott Brown, Derivatives, Olympia Snowe, Congress, George Voinovich, Democrats, Susan Collins, Dodd Bill, Blanche Lincoln, Wall Street, Vote, Chris Weigant, Harry Reid, Dodd, Senate, Bill, Financial Ry Reform, Eform, RegulatorBen Nelson, Politics News

After three days of repeated cloture votes to bring Chris Dodd's Wall Street reform bill to the floor of the Senate for debate, it appears the Republicans are ready to blink.

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George Voinovich May SUPPORT Wall Street Reform Vote

Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Financial Fix, Senate, Ohio Senator, Bank Reform, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Wall Street Bill, George Voinovich, Financial Fix, Politics News

Sen. George Voinovich may switch his vote and help Democrats advance their Wall Street reform bill tomorrow, the Ohio Republican told CNN on Tuesday. ...

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Dems Use Goldman Hearing In Push For Financial Reform, Voinovich Poised To Switch Vote

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Senate, Financial Reform, Regulation, Financial Crisis, John Tester, George Voinovich, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON - Defending his company under blistering criticism, the CEO of Goldman Sachs testily told skeptical senators Tuesday that customers who bou...

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The Soda Tax Wars

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Coca-Cola, David Paterson, Soda, Big-Soda, American Beverage Association, Health Care Reform, Soda Tax, George Voinovich, Paterson Soda Tax, Medicaid, Obesity, Pepsi, Carbonated-Beverages, Childhood Obesity, Food News

Armies of deep-pocketed lobbyists are marshaling astroturf front groups to give Coca-Cola and Pepsi's opposition to soda taxes a respectable air.

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11 Years After Columbine, It's Time for Congress to Act

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Mark Udall, Gun Show Loophole, Firearms, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, Gun Show Undercover, Gun News, Jim Webb, Background Checks, Guns, Gun Violence, Criminal Background Checks, Susan Collins, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Gun Shows, Mark Warner, Gun Crime, Politics News

The Gun Show Loophole is not a theoretical concern. Far too often, these illegal sales made through this loophole are arming criminals, leading to the deaths of innocent victims.

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Ready to Serve

Ellen Schall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roosevelt Scholars, John F. Kennedy, Civil Service, Roosevelt Scholars Program, Volunteering, Nonprofits, Edward M. Kennedy National Service Act, Jobs, Careers, George Voinovich, Americorps, Kirsten Gillibrand, Teddy Roosevelt, Public Service, New York News

We need to make it possible for outstanding students, regardless of background or wealth, to aspire to federal service. The Roosevelt Scholars Program would be a powerful start.

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Weekly Mulch: New bills and old money

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Waxman-Markey, Johann Hair, Environmentalists, Carbon Emissions, Lobbying, Filibuster, George Voinovich, Co2, The Nation, Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, Coal, Barack Obama, Alternet, Kerry-Boxer, Sierra Club, Campus Progress, Nuclear Energy, Barbara Boxer, Mother Jones, Cap-and-Trade, John Kerry, Climate Change, Aces, Energy and Commerce Committee, National Wildlife Foundation, Climate Change Bill, Grist, Senate, Green News

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Climate legislation is returning to the Senate's docket, and leaders on Capitol Hill are hoping that this ve...

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WWJD: What Would Johnson Do?

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Rights Act, Olympia Snowe, GOP Filibuster, President Obama, Lamar Alexander, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Filibuster, George Voinovich, Lindsey Graham, Republican Filibuster, Mary Landrieu, Lousiana Purchase, President Lyndon Johnson, Sen-Everett-Dirksen, Bill Nelson, Susan Collins, Sen. Everett Dirksen, Vietnam War, Harry Reid, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, Lyndon Johnson, Cornhusker Kickback, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Lyndon Johnson understood that legislative majorities are fundamentally impermanent, and that political capital should be spent rather than dissipated. Obama should take a page from his book.

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Inhofe and Republicans are Right: Analysis of Climate Bills is Flawed

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Kerry-Boxer, James Inhofe, Analysis, George Voinovich, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News

Republicans are absolutely right and absolutely wrong when it comes to EPA analysis of climate legislation. They are right that the analysis has flaws, but they are wrong about what should be done about it.

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The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Tom Latham, George Voinovich, Alan Grayson, Peter Roskam, John Shadegg, Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senate, Video, Michele Bachmann, Orrin Hatch, Slideshow, Chuck Grassley, Eat the Press, Politics News

Elyse Siegel contributed to this story Just over twenty years ago, the cable industry launched the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network -- better k...

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Conservatives Arrogantly Predict Democrats' Demise Despite More Republicans Retiring

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Lemieux, Michael Steele, Gop, President Obama, Marco Rubio, Sen. Richard Burr, Rush Limbaugh, Doug Hoffman, Bill Owens, George Voinovich, Democratic Party, Sen. Byron Dorgan, Kit Bond, Jim Greer, Dede Scozzafava, Gov. Charlie Christ, Kay Hagen, Midterm Elections, Jim Bunning, Sean Hannity, Judd Gregg, Sen. Chris Dodd, Elizabeth Dole, NY's 23rd Congressional District, Republican Party, Politics News

Perhaps it's not such a bad thing that worn out old codgers like Dodd, Dorgan and Voinovich move aside to allow some fresh blood to flow through the Beltway.

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No Diet COLA for Seniors -- Fight the Freeze and Save Social Security

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Primary Challenger, Anthony Weiner, Social Security, Jane Harman, Joe Lieberman, George Voinovich, 36th Congressional District Race, Marcy Winograd, Social-Security-Cost-of-Living-Adjustment, Social Security Trust Fund, Politics News

If we accept the 2010 COLA freeze, if seniors fail to grab their bullhorns, then we may be looking at another freeze in 2012, 2013 and beyond, while the Right continues to hammer away at the big lie -- that we cannot afford Social Security.

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GOP Boycotts Senate Climate Change Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe, Senate Climate Change, John Kerry, Climate Change, Kerry-Boxer Bill, George Voinovich, Lindsey Graham, Chamber of Commerce, Video, Politics News

Barbara Boxer is out in front on climate change in the Senate. As a result, she spent much of Tuesday sitting by herself. From the beginning, it was ...

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How to Pass Health Care Reform - -Promise Voinovich the Moon

William Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Vote on Health Care, Senate Vote, Humor, David Vitter, Dennis Kucinich, Health Care Reform, Barack Obama Nobel Prize, Political Satire, Joe Lieberman, George Voinovich, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

Why not be the man who goes down in history as saving health reform? Voinovich has in the past bucked the conservative tide.

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Mary Cheney Gave $1,000 To Anti-Gay Senate Hopeful

The Raw Story | John Byrne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Voinovich, Gay Rights, Ohio-Republican-Party, Mary Cheney, Rob Portman, 2010 Senate, Politics News

Mary Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and onetime gay outreach director for Coors Brewing Company, gave $1,000 to a Republica...

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Voinovich Slams DeMint And Coburn For GOP Downfall; Blames 'The Southerners'

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Coburn, George Voinovich, Jim Demint, Politics News

Too many conservative senators like Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are to blame for the GOP's downfall, one of their retiring Republican...

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Newt Gingrich: We Need To Kill Health Care Reform

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Voinovich, Bill Kristol, Newt Gingrich, Voinovich Health Care, Health Care, Kristol Gingrich, Voinovich, Politics News

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich concurs with his 1994 compatriot Bill Kristol: It's time to kill health care reform, again. Asked by Think Progre...

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The Fierce Urgency of Never

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Senate, George Voinovich, John McCain, Saxby Chambliss, Barack Obama, John Mccain Copper, Green News

Barack Obama apparently got it wrong. It's "never" rather than "now" that stirs the human soul.

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