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• Dems to throw elders under the bus

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  Look, Im totally sure that paying to bail out the insurance companies by cutting Medicare wont have any real effects on old people who are going to die soon anyhow. Especially given this great news : Senators from both parties on Tuesday put new pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to turn the power to trim ...
  11 hours ago

• Voinovich urges commission to reduce deficit

  
  The Daily Briefing — Authority: 598
  Sen. George V. Voinovich today urged a Senate committee to create a bipartisan commission that would devise a long-term plan to end the federal government’s growing budget deficit. Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee, the Ohio Republican said, “our federal spending is out of control, and as a ...
  1 day ago

• Voinovich: ‘I am teribbly disappointed’

  
  The AroundFortWayne Blog — Authority: 445
  US Senator George Voinovich from Ohio, former Ohio Governor from 1991 to 1999, released a statement Wednesday on Ohio voters passage of Issue 3.
  5 days ago

• The Disingenuous Argument to Delay Climate Bill for More Economic Modeling

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 534
  The basic idea is that some Senators are reluctant to vote on the clean energy jobs bill — even in committee — without full economic modeling of the legislation. Senators Graham, Gregg, Snowe and Collins have made the argument . Senator Inhofe has made it . Senator Voinovich and others have made it as well . ...
  5 days ago

• My letter to Senators Voinovich and Brown

  
  Thoughts and Ruminations — Authority: 108
  Our country is in desperate need of citizens who rise from the malaise of work and mindless television to play an active role in shaping the future of our society.  We are cynical, jaded people about the problems of the world primarily because we haven’t had a way modeled for us to find joy and [...]
  6 days ago

• Voinovich Letter to EPA Administrator Jackson Reiterates Crazy Demands

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 534
  David Dayen : James Inhofe (R-OK) appeared briefly today at a climate bill markup in the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, simply to drop off a letter with a series of Republican demands on how to move forward on the bill. The letter basically asks the EPA for a “full assessment” of the Senate bill, ...
  1 week ago

• Senators Demand EPA Chief Provide Critical Data

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  Four Republican Senators — South Carolina’s Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire’s Judd Gregg and Maine’s Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today, asking her to provide critical data requested by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) during Senate Environment and Public ...
  1 week ago

• Heads in the sand….

  
  Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....') — Authority: 128
  Republicans boycotted a Senate committee hearing today on a major bill to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. So, my question is, why would any political party that is trying to regain credibility heap ridicule upon itself by boycotting efforts to address one of the greatest ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 605
  As part of the Republican theatrical obstructionism to moving forward with the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, involving staging a boycott of Committee hearings (leading to a question:  Senator, what is your excuse for skipping work today?), their central argument is that the Environmental ...
  1 week ago

• GOP Makes Good on Boycott Threat

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee — or half of it, more accurately — has begun its first day of markup of the landmark Kerry-Boxer climate legislation. And once again , it’s a pretty one-sided debate. Last week, Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) threatened to boycott the markup unless the ...
  1 week ago

• GOP Boycotts Climate Markup, Boxer Moves Ahead Anyway

  
  The New Republic - the vine Feed — Authority: 124
  Okay, heres the latest on the ongoing mini-drama over the Senate climate bill. Earlier this morning, the Environment and Public Works committee met to begin marking up and amending the bill, and Republicans carried out their early threat to boycott the session—only George Voinovich showed up, to lodge a complaint. ...
  1 week ago

• Voinovich threatens to boycott global warming

  
  The Daily Briefing — Authority: 598
  Sen. George V. Voinovich and six other Republicans have been pouting all week that Senate Democrats have been moving too fast on global warming. Now they are threatening to boycott a hearing next week where the climate change bill will be amended and drafted. Voinovich, R-Ohio, has complained that Democrats ...
  1 week ago

• Could A Boycott Bog Down The Senate Climate Bill?

  
  The New Republic - the vine Feed — Authority: 124
  There are all sorts of nagging questions about the timing of the Senate climate bill. Its not only a matter of whether something will pass. What are the odds something will pass before the Copenhagen talks? Earlier this week, John Kerry told a group of activists that he was "confident" his bill could win a floor ...
  1 week ago

• Climate Change Debate Heats Up in Senate (Video)

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  During the past month, I’ve published four posts about the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill and the detrimental impact it will have on the country if passed.  Today, I offer two videos from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill.  If you’re like me, ...
  1 week ago

• Sen. Inhofe isolated in global warming stance, columnist says

  
  The Editors' Desk — Authority: 129
  Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank writes that Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma is finding himself alone among Republicans on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in his position on global warming. Milbank — in an opinion column headlined “A senator in…
  2 weeks ago

• Gays get rights: Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act sent to President

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 671
  The U.S. Senate yesterday passed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act named for Matthew Shepard, the young man who died at a Fort Collins hospital in 1998 after being beaten in Wyoming by men who targeted him because he was gay. Democratic lawmakers championed the bill. Republicans largely opposed it. At least four ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another open letter to the Republican Party

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 488
  Because the congressional E-Mail system is a seriously bad joke I’m going to have to embarrass you publicly. I know that you have made many efforts to embarrass yourself without my help, but apparantly your sense of shame is near that of the Democrats. I would love to actually be able to communicate with elected ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tallying Up The Climate Bill Fence-Sitters

  
  The New Republic - The Vine Feed — Authority: 118
  Darren Samuelsohn dusts off the crystal ball and tries to figure out if the climate bill can garner 60 votes in the Senate. By his count, there are now 67 senators in play—that includes 43 likely "yes" votes (including the two Maine Republicans, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins), 17 dithering Dems, and seven ...
  3 weeks ago

• Senator Voinovich Supports Nuclear Renaissance And Ohio Priorities In Report

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 530
  Infrastructure investments are one of the few areas where federal spending is guaranteed to yield near-term economic gains and create jobs  - By Linton Levy - U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich (R-OH) has secured vital support for Ohio energy and water projects in the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water ...
  3 weeks ago

• Senator Voinovich On NRC Announcement On Davis-Besse Safety Improvements

  
  Nuclear Power Industry News — Authority: 530
  Successful completion of their five-year period of enhanced administrative protocols  - Edited by Linton Levy - U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich (R-OH) has released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) announcement that FirstEnergy Nuclear Operation Company’s (FENOC) ...
  8 weeks ago

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