Why Can't Congress Tele-vote?
Okay, I know why. It's because when the Constitution was written, the only practical way to have votes was to have Congressmen show up in person and cast their votes. And so, in grand tradition, House...
View ArticleProcedural Pandemonium!!!!1!!1
Well, OK, it's not pandemonium. But guess what? House Republicans are being petulant children again, and they're using the House procedural rules to play their games. And you'll never guess what...
View ArticleThe New House Rules package -- Free Prizes Inside!
If you caught the opening session of the 111th Congress yesterday, you saw the House work through its ritual biennial reconstitution, including the adoption of a new set of standing rules. Because...
View ArticleDid Michele Bachmann violate House ethics rules again?
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) may have gotten herself into even more ethical trouble. Just as the truth appears to be something she frequently chooses to ignore, she appears to treat House ethics rules...
View ArticleLIVEBLOGGING: Slaughter House Rules
For those who might not be aware, the House Rules Committee, headed by Representative Louise Slaughter, is meeting today to mark up (establish the rules for) the HCR vote(s) in the House. It is being...
View ArticleAmerica COMPETES Act needs legislators with courage
The America COMPETES Act, originally passed in 2007 to promote science and technology research and education, is up for renewal. It's one of the major projects of the House of Representatives...
View ArticleCoal: Good News, and An Opportunity for More
I've got two good news pieces this week - and one issue that needs your help. Last week our Michigan Chapter and everyone who loves clean air and clean energy got some great news when the Michigan...
View ArticleOh-08: Opponent Schools Boehner on DADT
Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives votes 234-194 to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, undoubtedly causing a restless night for House minority leader John Boehner (R-Oh 8) who earlier this week...
View ArticleOH-Sen, OH-Gov: Fisher in a dead heat, Strickland holds narrow lead
The University of Cincinnati's Ohio Poll has good news for Democrats. In the Senate race: Ohio Poll (PDF) by the University of Cincinnati. 5/11-5/20. Likely voters. MoE 3.8% Rob Portman (R) 46 Lee...
View ArticleJumping a school of sharks
That's what it appears Huffington Post has done. I don't normally read HuffPo because it's a little too cheesy/pop-culture-oriented for me and a lot of the hard news stories seem to be written more to...
View ArticleOhio Coal Plant Linked to $30m in Annual Economic Damage
This post was co-written by Nachy Kanfer, Associate Field Organizer for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign in Ohio. We regularly dispute Big Coal when they say coal is not bad for the environment -...
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Morning Feature: A letter to my Senator, George Voinovich R-OH-UPDATEDX1
The terrible problem Senator Voinovich is not the Federal deficit. It is the jobs deficit that is really causing the terrible problems in our great country and specifically in our great state of Ohio....
View ArticleJohn Boehner Claims The GOP's Not Just Going To Be The Party Of No
But judging by his actions I don't believe him. He says he wants to be the "party of better solutions." But solutions for who? The same corporate special interests who have financed his entire...
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Jesus Caught Fire!
No really! For the last ten years travelers on I-75 in SW Ohio have been greeted by a 62 foot tall plastic Jesus statue rising out of reflecting pool beside the interstate. The statue has been the...
View ArticleObama's Ohio Stimulus Message 180 Degrees Wrong: Stop Building Frickin' Roads!
Kicking the national addiction to oil and building more roads are diametrically opposed as policy positions. But President Obama appeared giddily unaware of the contradiction when he christened...
View ArticleOh-08: Meet Justin Coussoule, aiming for Boehner
John Boehner has a target on his back. It was put there by a young man from Liberty Township in Butler County, Ohio named Justin Coussoule. And what Coussoule is targeting is his votes, votes that...
View ArticleOh-08: Justin Coussoule, Boehner’s challenger, talks issues
Yesterday I introduced you to Justin Coussoule, the 35-year old West Point grad, Army veteran, husband to fellow West Point grad and Army veteran Amanda, and father of two, who gave up his good job at...
View ArticleOh-08: Would You Like to Help Defeat John Boehner?
It seems like John Boehner either secretly wishes to be defeated or else he’s just spent too much time in gated golf-course communities like the one he lives in, and he doesn’t realize how desperately...
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Morning Feature: What's Wrong with Drew Carey?
I was born in Ohio. I grew up in an inner ring suburb of Cleveland. My siblings and I lived in the same house and we graduated from the same high school. My parents are still married and now live in...
View Article"If You Took The Word 'No' Out Of The Dictionary, The Republican Party Would...
Yesterday, my colleagues and I considered the Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. This legislation would extend unemployment insurance (UI) through November 30, 2010 and...
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