Marcy Kaptur News Archives

NEWs RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ************************* Stupak delivers keynote address at 9th annual Great Lakes Water Conference WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak delivered the keynote address at the 9th Annual Great Lakes Water Conference at the University of Toledo College of Law in ...

Nextronex Energy Systems has secured $1 million in local investments to finance the production of the companya s new solar inverter manufacturing program in Northwest Ohio.

WASHINGTON Warren and Wendy Brown say their daughter Alexa and the lingering questions about childhood cancer motivated their trip to Washington, D.C. Alexa died in August.

Marcy Kaptur, my representative in Congress, and I don't agree on a lot of issues.

Sunday, November 22, 2009 From http://www.infowars.com/is-america-finally-starting-to-stand-up-to-wall-street/ Is America Finally Starting to Stand Up To Wall Street? Text size Washington's Blog November 22, 2009 Are the American people finally starting to stand up to Wall Street? Shareholder Revolt Some of Goldman Sach's biggest shareholders are ...

Any tax imposed on financial transactions would have to take effect internationally to keep Wall Street jobs and related business from moving overseas, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.

Local businessman Norm Johnston is leading the effort by Ohio Advanced Energy to promote plans for an Ohio Solar Cluster to make the state a center for solar energy.

Conservatives gathered for a "citizens' town hall" meeting yesterday and said that if they organize and work hard enough, they can elect people to office, including Congress.

A coalition of local conservative groups is gearing up to try to influence elections in 2010, starting with a "citizens town hall" meeting this Saturday in Maumee.

The tea partiers are organizing like crazy into groups with names like Patriots and Children of Liberty.

Expansion of the St. Lawrence Seaway is never going to happen, but neither will the ban that some environmentalists seek for ocean-faring ships on the waterway, the system's U.S. administrator said.

WASHINGTON D.C.a 'Nancy Da TMAlesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regularly accused the Republicans in the House of displaying "a culture of corruption." Yet the critical vote to get the House version of the health bill out of the House, demonstrates that Speaker Pelosi not only likes corruption, she counts on it.

The solar installation at UTa s Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation will become the largest solar field in Ohio upon its completion by the end of this year, according to industry sources.

The house is expected to vote on the bill at some point tonight. With his health care reform plans on the line, President Obama rallied democrats on Capitol Hill.

As the debate dragged through Saturday evening, Marcy Kaptur was factoring a moral calculation.

How concerned should you be that yourA cat and dog is at risk of picking up Swine Flu? Coalition concerned about Washington's power Area man uses local resources to fight Kidney Disease Yesterday at 9:49 a.m. Kidney Disease is among the top 10 leading causes of death in Northwest Ohio.A A Jennifer Taylor chronicles one patient's struggles as he ...

The amendment passed by the House doesn't just limit funding of abortions by the government, it seems to ban all insurance companies from paying for abortions.

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Stupak, Pitts, Kaptur, Dahlkemper, Smith, Ellsworth and Lipinski amendment to the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" . The amendment maintains the current policy of preventing federal funding for abortion and for benefits packages that include abortion.

Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regularly accused the Republicans in the House of displaying 'a culture of corruption.' Yet the critical vote to get the House version of the health bill out of the House, demonstrates that Speaker Pelosi not only likes corruption, she counts on it.

TO HEALTH, NATIONAL AND POLITICAL EDITORS: Bill WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the House of and Lipinski amendment to the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" . The amendment maintains the current policy of preventing federal funding for abortion and for benefits packages that include abortion.

Democrats in Congress have just proudly signed a deal with the Catholic bishops which allows a bunch of old men who have spent the better part of the last century avoiding their own sexual issues to dictate access to abortion services in the House health care bill.

The clean-up of unexploded ordnance along he shoreline of Lake Erie is Ottawa County is nearly complete.

Thomasson: Corruption, the gift that keeps on giving Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 14:04 WASHINGTON - About the only consistent thing in this burg over 46 years of observation is that a whole lot of the politicians that run it never seem to learn from the past.

The disclosure that seven House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee members are being scrutinized for their ties to PMA Group, a now-defunct lobbying firm that raised money for lawmakers and won earmarks for clients, is not expected to have a chilling effect on negotiations to reach agreement on a final fiscal 2010 Defense spending bill.

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner and Councilwoman Lindsay Webb will announce the acceptance of aA grant for improvements at Cullen Park.

The Washington Post is reporting that Rep. Todd Tiahrt and six other members of the Appropriations subcommittee on defense are under investigation for directing federal funds to clients of influential lobby group.

Issue Three continues to create heatedA exchanges on the question of casino gambling in the state.A If approved, one company would be given authority to build and operate casinos in Ohio's four largest cities.

The document adds the names of Norm Dicks , D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; ranking subcommittee Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida and Todd Tiahrt , R-Kan . That list is only about 520 members short.

Veteran Congressman Norm Dicks says he has done nothing wrong and is confident that he will be exonerated after his name was included in a list of more than two dozen House members who are the subject of internal ethics investigations.

Editors: Related hi-res photos available at www.churchworldservice.org/hires WASHINGTON, D.C.--Appreciation flowed in both directions at an October 21 Capitol Hill reception hosted by Church World Service to recognize a select group of lawmakers whose work has helped to advance issues important to CWS and the ecumenical faith community.

Tuesday is Election Day and this year's vote promises to be among the most memorable in local history.

Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.

Same Cess, Different Pool Posted by J.D. Dunn on 11.01.2009 Democrats giving 2006 Republicans a run for their corrupt dollar.

Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo is under scrutiny by House ethics officials for her ties to a Washington-area lobbying firm that is being investigated by the Justice Department.