Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The Ohio Republican Party today called on state Rep. Steve Driehaus to return money raised at a fundraiser at the Aranoff Center last year with tainted Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann. Driehaus, the Democrat running against Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot in the 1st Congressional District, has called for Dann to resign. "If Driehaus truly believes Dann should go, he would reject...
Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
CincyPAC will hold a Congressional Candidate Meet & Greet event Thursday. Here are the details: Who's invited: First and Second District congressional candidates Steve Chabot, Steve Driehaus, Jean Schmidt and Vic Wulsin. When: Thursday May 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Mixx Lounge, 1203 Main Street Questions/RSVP: e-mail sean@cincypac.com
Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Congressional Quarterly, the respected Washington magazine, puts both the 1st and 2nd Congressional districts in the "leans Republican category." Their take in this week's issue: OHIO 1 -- Steve Chabot, R 2006: Chabot 52%, John Cranley (D) 48% The "Battle of the Steves" has been quiet recently, as it's been clear for a year that state Rep. Steve Driehaus would be...
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-OH, blamed labor unions and partisan politics for a U.S. House vote this week rejecting an amendment that could have kept the Delta Queen riverboat from having to phase out its overnight cruise packages.
Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Rep. Steve Chabot, who was due to arrive back in the U.S. later today after a four-day congressional trip to Iraq and NATO headquarters in Brussels, said the Iraqi government and military is moving too slow to take responsibility for their own country. Chabot, a supporter of the U.S. military effort in Iraq, said in a written statement that after meeting with U.S. and Iraqi officials...
The Daily Bellwether (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
CINCINNATI (TDB) -- Conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot says he's full of admiration for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who last week stood with the Dalai Lama and ripped the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. Chabot, OH-01, serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and issued a press release that says he "praised" Pelosi. He is not often prone to use language that...
Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
A visit from his old boss, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, put another $120,000 in Steve Chabot's already impressive re-election fund Tuesday. Gingrich, author of the 1994 "Contract With America" that helped wrest control of the House from the Democrats that year, was the featured speaker at a $100-per-plate fundraising luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. The event, which was...
Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Steve Chabot is not exactly hurting for campaign cash, but there is always more to rake in. So the 1st District congressman is having his old boss, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in for a fundraiser Wednesday. Gingrich, of course, led the revolution that swept the Republicans into the majority in the 1994 congressional election; and Chabot was one of the GOP pick-ups that...
The Daily Bellwether (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
... Instead, he's been dashing around the nation raising money for House GOP veterans like Steve Chabot who are facing tough 2008 contests. Details about the Chabot event are available on the Hamilton County Republican Party web site . Gingrich has his own online operation, where he hawks everything from autographed copies of his books to faux Speaker's gavels engraved with his...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot will speak at the Grove Banquet Hall, 9158 Winton Road, from 7 to 8 p.m. March 25.
NixGuy.com (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
tip via email, Politics Extra breaks this one: Today, the DCCC unveiled the names of 13 lucky Democrats who are now part of the Red to Blue program, including Steve Driehaus, who is challenging Rep. Steve Chabot in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District. CLICK HERE to see the full list. Someone you won't find on [...]
Buckeye State Blog - Comments (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Maybe Steve Chabot's pals at AT&T are slowing down traffic to the GOP offices because too many people have been downloading the bible.
Cincinnati.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Malia Rulon reports: WASHINGTON – A staff member in Rep. Steve Chabot's office has attracted the wrong kind of attention by sending a political message during working hours using his House e-mail address, a violation of ethics rules. According to a copy of the e-mail posted on the Daily Kos blog Friday, the staff member forwarded an e-mail message asking staff at congressional offices...
The Daily Bellwether (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
... around today, please send them over to the RNC . . . to phone bank for Oberweis." An aide to Steve Chabot, R-OH-O1, forwarded the e-mail on the House system. The message was sent Friday to round-up some last-minute workers for Jim Oberweis, a Republican running for the Illinois seat vacated by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Oberweis lost in a special election Saturday. Chabot's...
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
I read in TheHill.com this morning about a Steve Chabot's office breaking house rules related to using House resources for campaign purposes. No one else seems to have posted about it yet- so here it is… The episode started when an aide at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) sent an e-mail Friday to congressional [...]
