Press Releases
Jan 5, 2012
Mandel Camp Recently Doubled Down On Josh’s Refusal To Take A Stand On Major Issues Before The U.S. Senate COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, the Ohio Democratic Party launched a new Twitter account to help Ohioans connect with their absentee Treasurer Josh Mandel since Mandel’s made it pretty clear he’s not going to connect with them. [...]
Jan 3, 2012
The final few weeks of 2011 brought us more of the same from Josh Mandel’s ethically challenged campaign—a refusal to stand up for Ohio’s middle class while ignoring criticism over his decision to abandon his job as Treasurer and run for Senate after just weeks on the job. In fact, Josh Mandel’s campaign literally admitted that he will continue [...]
Jan 2, 2012
HARRISBURG – The Harrisburg Patriot-News reported over the weekend that an internal memo from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s office stated that Corbett’s first year as governor was successful because John Kasich and other Republican governors have thus far been total failures. The Patriot-News noted that Corbett’s administration called Senate Bill 5 a “controversial collective bargaining [...]
Dec 22, 2011
Boehner’s Tea Party-Run Caucus Would Rather Score Political Points on President Obama Than Pass His Payroll Tax Cut For 5.8 Million Ohioans Democrats Also Unveil Democrats.org/payroll: E-Countdown to GOP Tax Increase on 160 Million Americans COLUMBUS – Today, those who know Speaker John Boehner best – his neighbors and Southwest Ohio constituents – denounced his [...]
Dec 21, 2011
Reps. Fudge, Kaptur, Ryan and Sutton, Chairman Redfern Denounce Tea Party-Run GOP House Caucus For Voting To Raise Taxes On 5.8 Million Ohioans COLUMBUS – Today Ohio Democrats, including Representatives Marcia Fudge (D-Warrensville Heights), Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo), Tim Ryan (D-Niles), Betty Sutton (D-Copley) and Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern denounced Speaker John Boehner’s Tea [...]
Dec 20, 2011
Bipartisan Legislation To Avoid Tax Increase On Millions Of Ohioans Overwhelmingly Passed Senate With 89 Votes As Boehner Retreats, Mandel Yet To Reveal How He Would Have Voted On Any Of The Payroll Tax Cut Bills COLUMBUS, OHIO – With millions of Ohioans facing a tax increase that economists forecast would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and hurt [...]
Dec 20, 2011
Even Romney Acknowledges His Tax Plan Would Amount To "Not a Huge Cut" COLUMBUS – Today, Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) and Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz held a press conference call to denounce Mitt Romney’s anti-middle class economic plan and House Republicans for voting against President Obama’s middle class tax cut that would allow 5.8 million [...]
Dec 19, 2011
COLUMBUS – Today, Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Seth Bringman issued the following statement in response to Governor John Kasich’s end-of-year news conference: “On Election Night, voters were asked if they supported the direction in which John Kasich was taking our state, and they answered with a resounding ‘no.’ From his attacks on workers’ rights [...]
Dec 19, 2011
Absentee Treasurer Was Embarrassingly Ignorant Of Piketon Plant’s Importance, Changed Tune After Touring Plant After House Republicans Failed To Move Forward, Sen. Brown And Republican Sen. Rob Portman Introduced Legislation To Secure Funding For Project COLUMBUS, OHIO – Perhaps due to his lack of “focus” on his current job, Ohio’s absentee Treasurer Josh Mandel initially found himself embarrassingly ignorant of how important [...]
Dec 14, 2011
News 5 WLTW – VIDEO: Sen. Brown Announces Moratorium On Postal Closures Brown announced an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service that puts a moratorium on closures of post offices and processing centers until May 15. The move would allow Congress more time to enact reforms. 19 Action News – VIDEO: Post Office closings delayed until May [...]
