Post-partisan or Most-partisan? Nov 18, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, for example, received a promise of $3. 2 billion for her district in exchange for her vote. (Human Events Online)
Others have to cover what Congress spends Nov 12, 2009
Marcy Kaptur obtained an earmark of $3. 5 billion for Iowa to vote yes on cap and trade and that s no joke. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Updated: House healthcare whip count Nov 5, 2009
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio) Leaning yesDale Kildee (Mich. Ron Kind (Wis. (TheHill.com)
Ethics report leaked, discloses internal probes Nov 1, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
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Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Leak lays bare US Congress ethics probes... Oct 31, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; ranking subcommittee Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. All four have received campaign contributions from PMA's political action committee and employees. (The Drudge Report)
House members under ethics scrutiny Oct 31, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Ethics offices scrutinize 7 lawmakers' lobbyist ties Oct 30, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. (AZCentral -- News)
Letters to the editor (10/22/09) Oct 22, 2009
Thank you, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, for being a fearless supporter of the people in this financial and leadership crisis. And, finally, President Obama, it is time to clean house and get some new advisers -- we have foxes in the henhouse. (Anchorage Daily News)
WATCHDOG: AIG Bonus Blame Is on Geithner Oct 15, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, said. It could happen again, in March, when AIG is due to pay out another $198 million in retention payments. (ABC News)
Daily television listings Oct 7, 2009
Panelists: journalist Thomas L. Friedman; actor-comic Janeane Garofalo; Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). Colbert Report at 11:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. on COM.. (Boston Globe)
'Capitalism' Oct 2, 2009
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who calls the multi-billion bank bailout "a financial coup d'etat" and robbery of the public in which the Treasury acted as an arm of Wall Street to underwrite its profligacy. An equal-opportunity offender, Moore also trashes Tim Geithner, Robert Rubin, et al. former Goldman Sachs executives who figure in the current administration after failing miserably in previous ones. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In ‘Capitalism,’ Moore takes aim at economic oppressors Oct 2, 2009
He visits with Marcy Kaptur, a congresswoman from Ohio, who has called the government s bailout of failing banks a crime perpetrated against the American people. Along the way, Moore continues to whack at the Bush administration, which, for his purposes, is like a piata that will never stop raining candy. (Boston Globe)
Jewish leaders in D.C. push for Iran sanctions Sep 25, 2009
Dennis Kucinich (D-Cleveland), Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) and John Boehner (R-West Chester) are the only ones in the Ohio delegation who have not signed on as co-sponsors. The Sept. 11 terrorist attack, whose commemoration was one day after the Iran meeting, was also on Lichtin s mind. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
WHIP COUNT: DEMS LACK THE VOTES... Sep 10, 2009
" (Kristen McQueary, Dodge In, Halvorson On The Defensive, The Southtown Star, 8/20/09) Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN): Said This Morning He Would Not Vote For The Health Care Reform Bill In Its Present Form. Congressman Baron Hill said this morning he would not vote for the health care reform bill in its present form, primarily because he believes it lacks effective health care cost controls. There are seven of us blue dogs on the committee opposed to the bill in its present form, Hill said.... (The Drudge Report)
Michael Moore Goes for Broke With Capitalism Sep 7, 2009
" Black and Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur are Moore's star witnesses; he gets Kaptur to agree, without too much prodding, that the events of the past 12 months amount to "a financial coup d'etat. " The rhetorical pitch keeps rising until, toward the end, Moore suggests a solution: not from the government down but from the grass roots up, through community groups (like LIFFT in Miami), united workers (like those at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago) and the common decency of elected... (Time.com)
PAULSON'S RIPPED Jul 17, 2009
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), taking her turn hammering Paulson for his initial pleas to Congress a year ago for 700 billion specifically to buy toxic assets. However, the billions went to prop up banks and financial firms, which one lawmaker said was Paulson's payoff to his Wall Street "pals.". (New York Post -- Business)
U.S. Economic Renaissance Conference Explores Manufacturing Role on Road to Recovery Jun 6, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, (D) U. S. House of Representatives, Ohio, 9th District Lynn Tilton, Founder & CEO, Patriarch Partners LLC Alan Tonelson, Research Fellow, U.S. Business and Industrial Council Michael Hardgrove, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Dr. Alan B. Rosenfield, Director, MIT Leader of Manufacturing Fellow Program Earl Robinson, Manufacturer, Alliance Aircraft, Ltd Hans Amell, Chairman & CEO, Catalyst LLC Sandy Ikeda, Associate Professor of Economics, SUNY Purchase Jack Levy, Partner, DLA... (PR Newswire)
Lawmakers Question Role of Trade-Staffers-Turned-Lobbyists Jun 2, 2009
Gene Green (Texas), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Phil Hare (Ill. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Betty Sutton (Ohio) and Tim Ryan (Ohio). (Roll Call)
AIG chief, Congress spar over firm's future May 14, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, told them angrily, citing their former and current ties to large financial institutions. Towns asked whether it made sense to sell off AIGs assets in a bear market where prices are depressed. (MSNBC -- Business)
Trade Battle Looms for Democrats May 11, 2009
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), one of the Members who attended the USTR meeting, said Slaughter repeatedly reminded USTR officials that she chairs the powerful Rules Committee. She made it very clear that she didn t intend to move any of those bills, Kaptur said. (Roll Call)
Sherman Seeks Harsher Tax on Executive Pay Apr 1, 2009
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Bob Filner (Calif. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) and Peter DeFazio (Ore. (Roll Call)
Activism: Home Invasions Feb 26, 2009
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, who told the squatters: "Stay in your homes. If the American people, anybody out there is being foreclosed, don't leave.". Is this what Congress had in mind when it included several billion dollars in the "stimulus" bill for groups such as Acorn to engage in "neighborhood stabilization" activities. (Investors Business Daily)
major recipients of PMA campaign donations Feb 24, 2009
How to use this search tool:Donor Lookup: Individual campaign contributorsZIP Code: Local contributions and other informationPerson: Politicians, lobbyists and other notable peopleOrganization: Corporations, unions, trade associations, etc (Harper's Magazine)
Homeowners fight back against evictions Feb 19, 2009
In Washington, ACORN has found a staunch supporter in Representative Marcy Kaptur, Democrat of Ohio, who, during a discussion last month about the $700 billion bailout package for financial companies, took to the floor of the House of Representatives and instructed people to "stay in your homes - if the American people, anybody out there, is being foreclosed, don't leave.". In an interview, Kaptur said, "I'm thrilled that the American people are rising up and exercising the power that Wall... (International Herald Tribune)
ACORN and Obama: Together Again Feb 19, 2009
Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, who told them: "Stay in your homes. If the American people, anybody out there is being foreclosed, don't leave." The housing bullies will be assisted by left-wing propaganda documentarians at the Brave New Foundation, headed up by Hollywood lib Robert Greenwald, who will disseminate sob stories to crank up pressure while Obama pushes his housing entitlement plan. ACORN is targeting the following cities: Tucson, Ariz. (Human Events Online)
