Topic: George Voinovich
Republican senator bolts from party ranks to support small businessesIn June, when Sen. Mary Landrieu unveiled proposed legislation to help create jobs, the Louisiana Democrat offered a telling statistic. She said that since the start of the nation's economic downturn, 80 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retiring Senator George Voinovich will break ranks with fellow Senate Republicans and back President Barack Obama on a $30 billion small business lending proposal, an aide said on Friday.The move gives Obama and his fellow Democrats the crucial 60th ...
American history is littered with battles between state and federal law on a multitude of issues, from finance to telecommunications, even pharmaceuticals to mattresses. In an effort to mitigate the risks of greenhouse gases, many states have enacted disparate emissions laws, resulting ...
Reid rightly moves jobs agenda through Senate, garnering bipartisan support Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada took a big risk this month.Instead, Reid took the best parts of the legislation measures that will put money into the economy quickly and ...
A month later, GOP Sen. Brown goes from darling to turncoat after vote in favor of jobs bill A month after being crowned the darling of national conservatives, Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts is being branded "The four other GOP senators ...
EconomistMom writes (If We Can't Even Agree on the Commission... Only two of them (Blanche Lincoln and Judd Gregg) opposed the unfunded Medicare Part D. Only one of them (Olympia Snowe) opposed the 2003 tax cut, even though it was very ...
Senate races with no incumbent on the ballot for this NovemberSenate races in which no incumbent will be on the ballot in the November election: ___Retiring Democrats: _Chris Dodd of Connecticut_Byron Dorgan of North Dakota_Roland Burris of Illinois_Ted Kaufman of Delaware___Retiring Republicans ...
Invoking the name of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote ...
On Tuesday Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) and Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH) introduced yet another bill that addresses the federal estate tax: This brings the total number of bills that deal with estate tax reform in front of Congress up to ...
Republicans on a key US Senate committee were absent Tuesday as debate opened on a Democratic proposal for sweeping climate change legislation.The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee opened its critical debate on the plan at 9:00 am (1400 GMT ...
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Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, left, talks with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., near ...AP News - -
Small Business Lending
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, speaks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in ...AP News - -
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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio ...AP News -
