According to our friend Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-4), Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and his leadership team, including Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP Whip Steve Scalise, refused to lobby for the Trump-supported Goodlatte immigration bill, which would have built a border wall, enacted E-Verify procedures, and offered DREAMERS…
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by Chuck Ross Special Counsel Robert Mueller has stayed quiet ahead of the midterms, seemingly in observation of an unofficial Justice Department policy limiting major actions in politically-charged investigations before of elections. But Mueller has worked quietly behind the scenes, conducting interviews with associates of Trump confidant Roger Stone.…
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With the economy strong, wages rising and unemployment at a near-five-decade low, the Federal Reserve remains on track to keep raising interest rates – just not this week. After the Fed’s latest policy meeting, it’s expected to signal a healthy outlook for the economy but to hold off on any…
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Sherrod Brown continued to welcome his senatorial comrade from California, Sen. Kamala Harris, to Ohio with open arms on Monday, hoping she would open up some powerful checkbooks. Looks like when @KamalaHarris hits Ohio next month, she'll be spending plenty of time with influential donor types all over the state. At least four fundraisers…
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Labor lawyer Betsy Rader wants to represent Ohio’s 14th district in Congress and she has focused much of her campaign thus far on the issue of healthcare and healthcare “rights.” Rader, running against incumbent Rep. David Joyce (R-OH-14), announced she will hold a town hall meeting on healthcare Monday, Sept. 10,…
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Former President Obama has placed Ohio atop his to-do list for states in need of a few more Democrats to swing the political agenda leftward. He sees Richard Cordray, who served as one of his key regulators for six years in Washington, as a big part of the equation in…
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