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  • White House media manipulation

    There is a widespread view around here that our chief job is "to pass legislation." That is incorrect. Our main job – indeed the oath that we took – is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution – which is about limited government and about the separation of powers. Our job is to ensure that the nation is well-governed, and that the public can have confidence that it is well-governed.
  • We don’t need a national zoning board
    A study by the Reason Foundation demonstrated that while the Community Development Block Grant program has been a boon for special interests and channeling taxpayer dollars to politically connected groups, it has been entirely unsuccessful in actually reducing poverty or housing segregation. The so-called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule would only continue the Community Development Block Grant program’s well-established track record of failure.
  • We don’t need a national zoning board
    A study by the Reason Foundation demonstrated that while the Community Development Block Grant program has been a boon for special interests and channeling taxpayer dollars to politically connected groups, it has been entirely unsuccessful in actually reducing poverty or housing segregation. The so-called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule would only continue the Community Development Block Grant program’s well-established track record of failure.
  • Ghost Stories: The movement on the move
    Ladies and gentlemen, as we left the year of our Lord 1874 last week, former New Vienna saloon owner John Calvin Van Pelt was in Hillsboro meeting with local temperance crusaders like Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson and many others.
  • Ghost Stories: The movement on the move
    Ladies and gentlemen, as we left the year of our Lord 1874 last week, former New Vienna saloon owner John Calvin Van Pelt was in Hillsboro meeting with local temperance crusaders like Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson and many others.
  • Feeling the effect of the Obama economy
    If we continue on the path we’re on right now, we might be the first generation of Americans to leave the next generation worse off, but we don’t have to be. We can reverse the course the president has set during his administration and put in place the kind of policies that will grow our economy and lift the burdens on American families.
  • Feeling the effect of the Obama economy
    If we continue on the path we’re on right now, we might be the first generation of Americans to leave the next generation worse off, but we don’t have to be. We can reverse the course the president has set during his administration and put in place the kind of policies that will grow our economy and lift the burdens on American families.
  • Saving communities from addiction
    In Ohio, in 2014 alone, more than 2,500 people died of unintentional drug overdoses. Prescription opioids were involved in nearly half of those cases. More than 400 of those individuals lived right here in Ohio’s Second District
  • Saving communities from addiction
    In Ohio, in 2014 alone, more than 2,500 people died of unintentional drug overdoses. Prescription opioids were involved in nearly half of those cases. More than 400 of those individuals lived right here in Ohio’s Second District
  • How about a GOP Party?
    I don’t know about you, but I am tired of everything being viewed as red or blue, Democrat or Republican, public opinion for or against. Let’s get back to right or wrong, true and false, good or bad, as best as can be determined.
  • How about a GOP Party?
    I don’t know about you, but I am tired of everything being viewed as red or blue, Democrat or Republican, public opinion for or against. Let’s get back to right or wrong, true and false, good or bad, as best as can be determined.
  • Those who know Congress best are shaking their heads
    As an institution, Congress seems incapable of ridding itself of the bad habits it’s gotten into: the reliance on omnibus bills and continuing resolutions; timidity in the face of presidential power; a marked reluctance to use the levers of congressional authority – especially control of the federal budget – to prod or check executive action.
  • Those who know Congress best are shaking their heads
    As an institution, Congress seems incapable of ridding itself of the bad habits it’s gotten into: the reliance on omnibus bills and continuing resolutions; timidity in the face of presidential power; a marked reluctance to use the levers of congressional authority – especially control of the federal budget – to prod or check executive action.
  • Ghost Stories: Singing a different tune
    Temperance crusader Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson meets John Calvin Van Pelt, the ex-saloon keeper who had previously been known as "the wickedest man in Ohio," on a cold, winter's morn in Hillsboro back in 1874.
  • Ghost Stories: Singing a different tune
    Temperance crusader Eliza Jane Trimble Thompson meets John Calvin Van Pelt, the ex-saloon keeper who had previously been known as "the wickedest man in Ohio," on a cold, winter's morn in Hillsboro back in 1874.
  • Fact vs. Fiction: Congressional pensions
    Another myth I hear is that when members of Congress leave office, they continue to receive their same pay for the rest of their lives. This is also false. When members lose an election, retire or resign from office, they no longer receive a salary, period. However, if they are eligible, they may receive benefits under the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.
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