This morning, the presidential nominating effort called Americans Elect introduced a new web feature called “Candidates,” in which it rates a select group of American politicians on the basis of their policy agreement with two documents: 1. Majority or plurality answers to a Ipsos Public Affairs Poll apparently commissioned by Americans Elect corporate staff, the [...]
There is a clear relationship between support for H.R. 2092 and financial contributions from the Indoor Tanning Association, but it isn’t a thorough and dominating relationship.
The House of Representatives rejected protections that might have saved the lives of the workers on the Deepwater Horizon and prevented the tremendous oil spill that resulted from its explosion.
In his winning bid for the 15th District congressional seat in Ohio, Steve Stivers took $888,080 in Political Action Committee money from various corporate interests. On top of that, he raked in $735,153 from corporate executives and lobbyists. 3 out of 4 dollars contributed to Steve Stivers came from these sources. And now that he’s [...]
The pharmaceutical corporation Abbott Laboratories is not fond of Mary Jo Kilroy. In her first term in Congress, Rep. Kilroy has pushed against “Pay to Delay,” the practice in which big drug manufacturers pay off generic suppliers to keep inexpensive medicine off the market. She also cosponsored H.R. 684, a bill that would have saved [...]
The Republican Party candidate for Ohio’s 15th District congressional seat (currently held by centrist Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy) is former banking lobbyist Steve Stivers. This Monday, Stivers sent out an accusatory e-mail. It reads: Dear Friend and Supporter – While I was going door to door and volunteering at the Hilltop Bean Dinner and London [...]
“What’s more, Kilroy voted to allow your tax dollars to fund abortions.” — Steve Stivers, e-mail statement distributed November 9, 2009. Steve Stivers, challenging Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio’s 15th District next year, made this declaration yesterday in regards to H.R. 3962 and the Stupak Amendment to it. The Stupak Amendment, which passed despite [...]
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