The Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress for Ohio's 15th district, Mary Jo Kilroy, has made a pledge, if elected, to refuse congressional pay raises until the federal budget is balanced. Kilroy has been critical of Republican Rep. Pryce, who has voted in favor of her own pay raises since 2000. The Columbus Dispatch has an article about Kilroy's pledge.
Did you happen to catch a remark made by Pryce's campaign manager, Jeff LaRue? Recently, Move On, an organization made up of over 3.3 million voters, started some ads against Deborah Pryce concerning her connections to energy companies. According to an ABC News story, LaRue called MoveOn.org, "Satan." Satan? Isn't that a little overboard? These Republicans are always getting their panties in a "frist" when they get caught lying. Found at Americablog: The Oil and Gas Industries gave 75% of their contributions to REPUBLICANS from 1990 to 2006 (see Open Secrets for details). No wonder our gas prices are through the roof! Pryce and her party have been giving these energy companies a free pass while the public pays, and pays, and pays.
Ohio's unemployment rate for March 2006 is 5.0. Here are some excerpts from the news release: Seven counties had unemployment rates at or above 8.0 percent during March. The counties with the highest rates, other than Monroe, were: Pike, 9.3; Morgan, 8.8; Meigs, 8.7; Adams, 8.4; Vinton, 8.2; and Huron, 8.0 percent...