Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Ohio and Kentucky senators gave mixed support to the new $700 billion financial industry bailout bill. Sens. Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, George Voinovich, an Ohio Republican; and Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, voted for the bill. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Southgate Republican, opposed it.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Sens. George Voinovich of Ohio and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will back the bailout bill, they said today.
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
In Ohio, POET announced that its 65 Mgy corn ethanol plant at Marion will officially open on October 24th with an event attended by US Senators George Voinovich and Sherrod Brown. The $130 million project will bring POET’s overall ethanol capacity to 1.54 billion gallons per year. The company is projecting yields in the range of [...]
MOLDY CHUM (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Landmark Fish Habitat Bill Introduced In U.S. Senate On September 24th Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), and George Voinovich (R-OH), introduced the National Fish Habitat Conservation Act of 2008, a comprehensive strategy to allocate...
The Dayton Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Roughly $10.4 million has been approved for Dayton area defense projects by the U.S. Senate as part of the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Appropriations Bill, according a Monday press release from U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Republican Sen. George Voinovich says he will support the proposed economic bailout package, one of a few lawmakers from Ohio to endorse the $700 billion plan.
Andy's Angle (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Ohioans Speak Out Over High Gas Prices I understand that Ohioans are hurting from sky-high costs of food and energy – especially from gasoline prices. And your personal experiences dealing with this crisis are important to me. To reach out to Ohioans directly, I recently emailed the recipients of my monthly E-Newsletter and asked them to share with me stories about how their families have been affected...
Have Coffee Will Writ (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
On Sunday I contacted senators George Voinovich and Sherrod Brown, along with Representative Dennis Kucinich (I live in the 11th district, not the 10th, but I’m without a representative in House until a replacement for the late Rep.Stephanie Tubbs Jones takes office.) about the $700 billion plus bailout for Wall Street under consideration this week. This [...]
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
U.S. Senators George Voinovich (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission to secure a $150,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration to fund the position of Economic Recovery Coordinator.
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Sen. George Voinovich on Tuesday tossed a lifeline to the Delta Queen’s tenuous future as an operating overnight steamboat, with a bill to extend its exemption from the Safety of Lives at Sea Act.
Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Gregory Fess has, according to the Dayton Daily Democrat News , started up the ridiculous named Ohio "Republicans" for Obama group. I put the word Republicans in quotation marks because near as I can tell the only Republican Gregory Fess has ever supported is Senator George Voinovich... In '97, Fess gave $500 to the self-proclaimed Deficit Hawk, while someone named Michelle Fess -- of the same Columbus...
You and Yours Blawg (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Category: Estate and Inheritance Tax Courtesy of Donald Vanarelli, Esq. Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Fix Estate Tax at 2009 Level "Senate legislation, S.3284 , was introduced July 17, 2008, by Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and George Voinovich (R-OH). The bill would create a lifetime estate tax exemption of $3.5 million, indexed for inflation, and impose a top tax rate of 45 percent."...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
By Kate Sheppard Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) stopped by an event Monday sponsored by PIRG and the Young Republicans to talk about energy policy, among other things. In his speech, he was bullish on the prospects for oil production in the United States. "If we can get every drop ... we've got more oil in the U.S. than any country in the world if you include our oil shale," said Voinovich. "We ought...
Weapons of Mass Discussion (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Here is the full quote from George Voinovich regarding the selection of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential nominee on the Republican ticket. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich (R-OH) today released the following statement in reaction to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin being named Sen. John McCain’s choice for vice president: “I’m pleased to see John McCain looked outside of Washington to...
Have Coffee Will Writ (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
I grew up outside of Marietta, Ohio (population 14,513). In 1994, Nancy Putnam Hollister, mayor of Marietta, 1984-1991, ran for and was elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (population then of 10,847,115) under Governor George Voinovich. In 1998, Voinovich ran for and was elected to the office of United States Senator. Due to [...]
