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Initiatives focus on Jobs, Communities, Rights and Opportunities   COLUMBUS – Ohio House Democrats announced the beginning of their legislative agenda for 2012 to strengthen working and middle class families.  The priorities build upon the Compact with the Middle Class announced last year and focus specifically on four categories – jobs, communities, rights and opportunities.   “While Statehouse Republicans continue their overreaching partisan priorities, House Democrats are committed to common-sense solutions that put work...
Teachers, Women, Veterans, former Lawmakers file to run in all 99 House Districts  COLUMBUS – Energized by legislative Republicans’ overreaching partisan priorities, Democrats in every corner of Ohio have filed their candidate petitions today to run for State Representative.  In addition to having more than 10 educators, Democrats are fielding numerous female candidates, veterans, local elected officials and several former state lawmakers. “No Republican incumbent will go unchallenged in 2012 because Ohioans from across the state are fir...
Believes today’s House session was a waste of time; more important issues to debate COLUMBUS – State Rep. Robert F. Hagan D-Youngstown) this afternoon asked the Ohio House Republican Leadership to make a charitable contribution to Youngstown Second Harvest Food Banks. Rep. Hagan says the amount should be ,992.81- the cost to taxpayers to reimburse millage costs for the 92 House members who attended today’s session (17,761 mi. total.) “It is absurd that we were called to session today for twenty minutes to vote on absolutely nothing, to ...