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If the results of two new polls on Ohio voter sentiments for candidates and issues are even moderately relevant to next year's elections, incumbent Democrats like Ohio Gov.

When Columbus Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy voted with 218 other Democrats for a $1.2 trillion overhaul of America's health care system, the Republican National Congressional Committee was quick to react.

OBJECTIONABLE BEHAVIOR.... Ah, the splendor of the American political process. Congressional Republicans, once again, making the country proud.

As Kathy Chiero's son headed back to college in August, she wanted to open a small checking account with a debit card so he could access funds that typically totaled less than $100 at any given time.

As Politico reported Monday, Republicans in the wake of Saturday's cliff-hanger health care vote in the House immediately began their campaign to target vulnerable Democrats in traditionally GOP districts.

How tough a vote was the Democrat-authored health care bill for Ohio Democrats? Only two of 10 Democrats in the Ohio congressional delegation voted against the bill late Saturday night.

Democrat Reps. Thomas Perriello , Mary Jo Kilroy and Steve Driehaus are three lawmakers who have found themselves vulnerable in the aftermath of the politically charged health care vote.

The House of Representatives voted 220-215 Saturday to pass a $1.1 trillion health care reform bill that Democrats praised as "historic" and Republicans decried as a "job killer." Ohio lawmakers split along party lines, with Democrats voting for the measure and Republicans voting against it.

The lights burn inside of the House of Representatives side of the U.S. Capitol late Saturday night as the health care bill is debated.

In the national political fishbowl that is the 15th Congressional District race, there are all kinds of undercurrents and riptides to contemplate in the wake of last week's elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia.

As House Democratic leaders considered a weekend vote on an overhaul of the nation's health-care system, Democrats John Boccieri of Alliance and Steve Driehaus of Cincinnati have yet to decide whether they will support the measure.

On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans -- led by Rep. Tom Price -- attempted to stop the Democratic Women's Caucus from making their arguments about how the health bill would benefit women by screaming over them.

This morning, the House began consideration of the rule for debate of the House health care bill.

Author: Lisa Correnti Source: Eight Catholic woman have been endorsed for the 2010 races.

When Democrats lost races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia this week, officials in both parties suggested that the outcome could undermine President Obama 's push for a health care bill, scaring off politically vulnerable moderate Democrats at the very moment the White House needed them to get the bill through.

The triumph of conservative insurgents over the Republican Party establishment in upstate New York has emboldened like-minded activists around the country, and it could drive the GOP sharply to the right as it lines up candidates for the 2010 midterm congressional elections.

Financially struggling states such as Ohio would face higher Medicaid costs during the next decade under a sweeping health-care reform package unveiled yesterday by House Democrats.

A change in federal policy could essentially pull the plug on a high-tech crime-fighting tool that helped the Cincinnati police solve a double homicide in 2008.

House Democrats today unveiled the long-awaited final version of a health-care plan that would extend health coverage to nearly 96 percent of Americans, but impose new Medicaid costs on financially struggling states such as Ohio.

Doug Hoffman's insurgent campaign in New York's special House race, which had already split national Republican leaders, is now turning into a litmus test for other Republican congressional candidates running in 2010 to prove their conservative credentials.