Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]

Delta Queen part of history

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- When the Delta Queen, "a big part of our history," docks in Vicksburg on Nov. 3, the steamboat will be met with hoopla that quite possibly will signal the 82-year-old's last visit to the city. "Its loss will definitely have an

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Hope floats on boat dream

2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

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RNC: Shale mary

2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

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Ohio GOP delegation adapts to schedule changes at convention

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

UPDATE: 7:27 PM, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 ROBERT.WANG@CANTONREP.COM Three of Stark County's representatives to the Republican National Convention said this afternoon that while Hurricane Gustav has disrupted the convention schedule,

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Money Trail: What Hurricane? Lobbyists, GOP Party On

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

MINNEAPOLIS -- As residents of New Orleans were fleeing Hurricane Gustav, top Republican party officials donned pink boas and swigged vodka shots at a wild whirl of corporate and lobbyist-paid parties this weekend in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Brian Ross

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Money Trail: What Hurricane? Lobbyists, GOP Party On

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

As residents of New Orleans were fleeing Hurricane Gustav, top Republican party officials donned pink boas and swigged vodka shots at a wild whirl of corporate and lobbyist-paid parties this weekend in Minneapolis-St. Paul. More than a hundred people

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McCain surprise: Palin for VP

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON Republicans generally cheered John McCain's unexpected choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, saying McCain will benefit from Palin's conservative credentials, her state's central role in energy development and, possibly, her

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News Brief: Ashtabula River Cleanup Complete

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 08 -OPA134 (Chicago, Ill. - Aug. 28, 2008) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Regional Administrator Lynn Buhl joined Ohio's Sen. George Voinovich and Rep. Steve LaTourette, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the

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Ashtabula: Record-setting covered bridge dedicated Tuesday

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP -- Officials dedicated Ashtabula County's 17th covered wooden bridge here this afternoon, naming it the Smolen-Gulf Ashtabula County Highway 25 bridge. Instead of a ribbon-cutting, officials cut a wooden log to open the bridge. Since

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Airport lands funds for renovations

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, announced Tuesday that 14 airports throughout Ohio have received a total of $3.7 million in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration. Dayton International Airport received the most of any airport and will use

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Chagrin Falls: Post office renamed for US Marine Kashkoush, killed ...

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

Kashkoush's father Marwan, his mother Mary Jane Kashkoush, and his stepmother Phoebe Brockman Kashkoush sat side by side with US Sen. George Voinovich ...

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Voinovich tours Toledo solar panel firm

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

By TOM TROY US Sen. George Voinovich (R., Ohio) toured the headquarters of the flexible solar panel manufacturer Xunlight Corp. in Toledo yesterday, ...

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The death of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, called an 'incalculable loss'

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

The congresswoman suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in suburban Cleveland Heights on Tuesday night. She had been driving erratically and her vehicle crossed lanes of traffic before coming to a stop, police said. An officer found her. An

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Honor Flight returns home from DC

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Senator George Voinovich and Representative Bob Latta will speak at the ceremony. A Georgia police officer pulled over a drunk driver who was actually ...

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'Incalculable loss' _ US Rep. Tubbs Jones mourned

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

George Voinovich of Ohio. She was one of US Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest boosters during the primaries and was to have been a superdelegate at next ...

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Rice in Iraq...Pakistani blast...Witnesses to the crash... | KXNet ...

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Republican Senator George Voinovich says her leadership "will most certainly be missed." Tubbs Jones died yesterday of a brain hemorrhage.

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Delta Queen Coming to Cincinnati

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

... longer be allowed to operate after October 31st. Senator George Voinovich has said he will introduce new legislation when Congress reconvenes in September.

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Senator Voinivich visits Xunlight

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Today, Ohio senator George Voinovich toured the Nebraska Avenue company. You don't need to understand amorphous silicon to see why companies like Xunlight ...

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Ohio congresswoman suffers aneurysm

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

CLEVELAND (AP) _ Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, was hospitalized Wednesday after suffering an aneurysm, her spokeswoman said. Tubbs Jones, 58, had the aneurysm while driving her car in

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Ohio's Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Suffers Aneurysm

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, was hospitalized Wednesday after suffering an aneurysm, her spokeswoman said. Tubbs Jones, 58, had the aneurysm while driving her

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