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Senate Republicans reject Xenia-born judge nominated by Obama for court seat
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and 39 other Republicans voted Wednesday to block the nomination of Xenia-born Caitlin Halligan to a seat on the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.It was the second time in three years that Senate Republicans have used a parliamentary device known ...
Portman once had high hopes for deal
With all the finger-pointing and name-calling over the so-called sequester, it’s easy to forget there were once high hopes for a negotiated deal on a deficit reduction plan. And no one back then was more optimistic than Sen. Rob Portman. Portman, R-Ohio, was one of 12 members of the Joint ...
Portman wants more flexibility with defense cuts
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman met with Wright-Patterson command leaders Monday and called for giving the Pentagon more flexibility over where defense spending cuts could hit starting March 1. Spending must be pared, said Portman, R-Ohio, but “it needs to be done with flexibility so that we can prioritize programs that ...
Ohio senators and local lawmakers react to State of the Union
Here’s how Ohio’s senators and some local lawmakers responded to President Obama’s State of the Union. Tell us what you thought of it on Facebook. U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton: “The president offered no solution to saving the tens of thousands of jobs across our country that are going to ...
Obama wants increased minimum wage, faster troop withdrawal
President Barack Obama Tuesday night pressed a divided Congress to agree on measures to simplify the nation’s tax code, overhaul the immigration laws, raise the federal minimum wage, and toughen gun restrictions. In a State of the Union address delivered to a joint session of Congress, Obama hoisted a direct ...
Sen. Portman serves Golden Lamb recipes during GOP luncheon in D.C.
U.S. Senator Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Thursday hosted a luncheon with Republican Senators featuring Ohio foods, including some from our area.The menu, which came from Lebanon’s Golden Lamb Restaurant & Inn recipes, included fried chicken, egg salad, pickled watermelon rind, steamed green beans and baby carrots, whipped Yukon gold potatoes, ...
Post Office moves to end some Saturday mail delivery
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it plans to eliminate Saturday mail delivery beginning in early August, even though it will continue to deliver packages six days a week. The cost-cutting move would trim an estimated $2 billion annually from the agency’s troubled budget and helps the agency adjust to ...
Republicans release plan to avoid military cuts
With less than a month to go before the mandatory federal spending cuts hit, a group of Republicans are pushing a plan that aims to offset those cuts in part by reducing the federal workforce through attrition.The group, which includes U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, said a plan advocated by ...
New treasury secretary key to Ohio growth, jobs
Ohio, a state reliant on manufacturing and trade, has a lot riding on President Obama’s nomination of Jack Lew to be the nation’s next treasury secretary. In that job, Lew would be the president’s top economic adviser. The position has been compared to that of a CEO, with the exception ...
Ohioan William Howard Taft joins ‘Racing Presidents’
In life, William Howard Taft served as Secretary of War, the nation’s 27th president and, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, the Ohioan about to stake another claim to fame: Baseball mascot. This baseball season, a 12-foot likeness of the Cincinnati native will regularly race four other former ...
Obama bends on birth control
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday proposed a work-around for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control. The government’s new regulation attempts to create a barrier between religious groups and contraception coverage, through insurers or a third party, that would still give women free ...
Ohio, Dayton-area lawmakers respond to Obama’s call for gun-law changes
In a sign of how emotional gun control has become, some Republican lawmakers Wednesday reacted cautiously to President Barack Obama’s call for a fresh ban on assault weapons and background checks for those wanting to buy a gun. In statements and interviews, a number of Ohio Republicans declined to reject ...
Fight looms over defense pick
A potential showdown looms over President Barack Obama’s pick of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department, which is facing major decisions as it downsizes during an era of tight purse-strings. Obama on Monday nominated John Brennan as CIA director and Hagel as defense secretary, replacing the ...
Both Ohio senators named to Finance Committee
Ohio will be well-represented on the Senate Finance Committee this year.Sen. Rob Portman was tapped yesterday for a slot on the prestigious committee, just weeks after Sen. Sherrod Brown was named to it.That fact could present some interesting intrastate debates, setting up the potential for disagreements between the Republican Portman ...
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