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Jason Linkins

The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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, 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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Jeff Muskus

GOP Boycotts Senate Climate Change Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe, Senate Climate Change, John Kerry, Climate Change, Kerry-Boxer Bill, George Voinovich, Lindsey Graham, Chamber of Commerce, 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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Inhofe and Republicans are Right: Analysis of Climate Bills is Flawed

A. Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

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
A. Siegel

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

Marcy Winograd | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

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
Marcy Winograd

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

The Raw Story | John Byrne | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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 08.27.2009 | Politics

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 08.22.2009 | Politics

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 08.20.2009 | Green

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

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

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America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles River, Waterways, Lisa Jackson, Congress, Lamar Alexander, George Voinovich, Dianne Feinstein, Clean Water Restoration Act, Amy Klobuchar, Streams, New York City, Rivers, Clean Water Act, U.S. Senate, Kansas, Commerce Clause, Supreme Court, Clean Water, Max Baucus, Wetlands, Drinking Water, Rapanos, Green News
Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.

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Ryan Grim

Obama's Mavericks? Retiring Republicans Will Be Senate Wild Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Mavericks, George Voinovich, US Senate, Mel Martinez, President Obama, Sam Brownback, Obama's Mavericks, Politics News

A Republican retirement community of sorts is slowly forming in the United States Senate. The behavior of its liberated members could have profound im...

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Rob Portman To Run For Voinovich's Seat

Politico | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ohio Senate Seat, Senator Voinovich Retires, George Voinovich, Rob Portman, Politics News

Former Republican congressman Rob Portman will announce that he is running for the Senate soon after Ohio Sen. George Voinovich's retirement announcem...

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GEORGE VOINOVICH TO RETIRE: Ohio's GOP Senator Is Popular Politician

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Voinovich, Voinovich Retires, Voinovich Balance Senate, Senator Voinovich Retires, Ohio Voinovich, Voinovich Retirement, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Ohio Sen. George Voinovich has told associates he intends to retire next year rather than seek a new term, party officials said Sun...

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GOP Senator Pleads With Democrats To Bail Out Detroit

The Hill | Silla Brush | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Auto Bailout, Economic Crisis, George Voinovich, Financial Crisis, Auto Industry Bailout, Congress Detroit Bailout, Politics News

The auto industry's most prominent Republican backer is pressing Democratic leaders to take swift action this month to help the nation's car industry,...

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Sam Stein

McCain Surrogate Calls Obama (Not His Policies) "A Socialist"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Socilistic, Tax Obama, George Voinovich, Obama Tax Policy, Mccain Socialism, Socialist, Obama Socialist, Obama Taxes, McCain Palin, Politics News

Over the past few days there has been a concerted McCain campaign effort to paint Barack Obama's tax policies as socialistic in nature. On Friday a su...

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Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nita Lowey, Evan Bayh, Fred Upton, Charles Boustany, Jeff Bingaman, Congressional Travel, Greg Walden, Earl Blumenauer, Aspen Institute, George Voinovich, Howard Berman, Henry Waxman, Political Islam, Dick Clark, Susan Davis, Rush Holt, Robert Bennett, John Duncan, Geoffrey Davis, George Miller, Walter Isaacson, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!

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