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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DECRY GROSS ERRORS IN ‘STIMULUS’ TRACKING, AGAIN URGE GOV. STRICKLAND TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT, BIPARTISAN PANEL
Nov 20, 2009
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In light of numerous stateand national news reports detailing wasteful spending and inaccurate reports surrounding the massive“stimulus” bill passed earlier this year, Ohio’s eight Republican members of Congress yesterday sent a letter to Governor Ted Strickland (D-OH), again urging him to establis...
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TIBERI STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATS’ $200 BILLION DOC “FIX” BILL
Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) today issued the following statement regarding the vote on the Democrats’ Doc “Fix” bill that would add more than $200 billion to the national deficit:“I have supported and continue to support measures to assist our doctors who treat Medicare patients, but this bil...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: POLITICO:CMS: House bill increases health care costs
Nov 14, 2009
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Democrats have promised that health reform would reduce health care costs, but legislation the House passed last week would increase costs over the next decade by $289 billion. By 2019, health costs would rise to 21.1 percent of GDP compared to 20.8 under current law, according to an actuarial repor...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: LIMA NEWS EDITORIAL
Nov 10, 2009
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Washington claims 640,000 to 1.5 million jobs have been created or saved by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. With only about 15 percent of the money spent so far by those intended to receive it, at this rate America might implausibly end up with more new jobs than available workers. Has ...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: COLUMBUS DISPATCH EDITORIAL: Cooking the books
Nov 4, 2009
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The closer Congress comes to passing some kind of health-care overhaul, the clearer it becomes that lawmakers have no intention of being honest about the balance sheet. The proposed overhaul now before the U.S. Senate is touted as having a cost of $829 billion in its first decade, including an $81 b...
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: A GOP health plan
Oct 28, 2009
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Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have spent the spring, summer and fall grappling with how to fix the health care system. They're still trying to craft a bill they can sell to Americans -- or even explain in plain English.And the Republicans? Well, as the minority party, they're mainly on the ...
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STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN PAT TIBERI (R-OH) ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TRIP TO OHIO
Oct 26, 2009
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U.S Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) today issued the following statement regarding Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Ohio:“Just days after President Obama’s own financial experts said he biggest economic impact of the stimulus has already occurred, Vice President Biden should be providing some answer...
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TIBERI: REDIRECT OR RECALL REMAINING STIMULUS DOLLARS NOW
Oct 23, 2009
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U.S. Congressman Pat Tiberi today issued the followingstatement after reading reports of Christina Romer’s (Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors) prepared testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, reporting “Most analysts predict that the fiscal stimulus will have its greatest ...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: COLUMBUS DISPATCH EDITORIAL: Honest accounting
Oct 19, 2009
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The Dispatch does not have room to publish all letters to the editor. Many appear online only. Click here to read them.When the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the so-called Baucus bill to overhaul health care, it was hailed as a historic occasion. More realistically, it's just a pause ...
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: PLAIN DEALER: Health care battles in Congress obscure parties' common ground; Republican proposals for reform get little attention
Oct 17, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- In the increasingly partisan debate over health care, Democrats often portray Republicans as obstructionists with no plan of their own. Yet Republicans in Congress have crafted several health care reform proposals that aren't getting much attention because their party is not in power. ...
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