‘Politics’ Archives
Senate Bill 5 Poll
One of our regular readers suggested this poll, I made some changes to the language for length of polling purposes. Yesterday it was announced that Secretary of State Jon Husted and Attorney General Mike DeWine officially accepted the original signatures and bill summary that were submitted by the "We Are Ohio" coalition to get a repeal of Senate [...]
April 14 Open Thread Thursday
It's that time again, and there are lots of topics we have not yet covered on the Jungle this week when it comes to the world of politics, especially nationally. My cartoon selection would not have been picked had anyone been seriously injured or died from the recent Southwest Airlines incident, but it does raise some interesting questions [...]
54% favor repeal SB5 reports Wenzel Strategies
Wenzel Strategies Poll: Majority Favors Repeal of Ohio Senate Bill 5 New Wenzel Strategies survey shows just 37% give Ohio Gov. John Kasich positive job approval marks APRIL 12, 2011 - If the repeal of Ohio's Senate Bill 5 were on the ballot today, the repeal would be successful by a double-digit margin, largely on the strength of independent [...]
11,000 demonstrate on Statehouse lawn
Columbus Dispatch reports on the kickoff in Columbus of "We Are One" -- the effort to repeal Senate Bill 5. The crowd was the largest since the debate over Senate Bill 5 began in February. Many also signed up to help collect the 231,000 signatures needed to get a referendum on the November ballot. "We haven't seen this type of energy since [...]
We are not going to throw women under the bus
A defiant group of Senate women said Friday they'll oppose any spending bill that would affect reproductive health funding, which Republicans have targeted for steep cuts. The nine lawmakers — all Democrats — said the politically charged Planned Parenthood provision has no place in legislation to fund the government, and warned Republicans [...]
Death from lack of care
Leo W. Gerard, is the International President of the United Steelworkers, he has a guest post on The Hill on the topic of health care. Part of his column: In one fell swoop, Republicans would foreclose on Americas’ long-held and cherished expectation that they’ll receive health coverage from their government in their old age, impoverishment [...]
Kaptur joins fast
Reported by Cleveland Plain Dealer: Former Dayton congressman and U.N. World Food Program Ambassador Tony Hall has been fasting since March 28 to protest proposed House of Representatives budget cuts that he says would disproportionately harm the poor. Twenty-eight Democratic members of Congress, including Marcia Fudge of Warrensville Heights [...]
April 7 Open Thread
It's Thursday and it's time once again for Open Thread Thursday, time to suggest topics for discussion we've not covered here on the Jungle. Like the discussion concerning the threat of a governmental shut down. As of this moment, the latest news: President Obama and congressional leaders, using similar language in separate statements, said [...]
Public Worker Protests would have been supported by King
A guest post written by Martin Luther King III, president and chief executive officer of The King Center is on the AFL-CIO blog sharing the opinion that Martin Luther King Jr. would support the public worker protests. You can read the full piece here. A few parts of it are below, while it does not reference Ohio directly, it references [...]
Why SB 5 is bad – from a Republican
A statement made by Sen. Tim Grendell, a Republican representing District 18 made March 30 concerning Senate Bill 5 is an interesting one as the referendum aspect that's available for local governments: "I will guarantee you I will flap my arms and fly home before you will see a referendum." It appears to have been first posted by Marc [...]
