Dispatch:
...Democrats say the stimulus has helped the economy and point to reports about Republicans -- including Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township -- who opposed the stimulus but supported stimulus projects.
"Those who waved their fist with the left hand and accepted funds with the right are just more evidence that the Republicans are the party of no -- no to new ideas and, apparently, no shame," Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said yesterday.....
Isn't just like Steve Austria to show up and try to get credit for something he didn't do? By voting against the stimulus, Steve Austria thumbed his nose at the unemployed.
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>>>> Which members of the Ohio Congressional delegation voted against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HR 1913, Roll Call 223, April 29, 2009)?
According to the Clerk of the House, Republican Reps. Austria, Boehner, Jordan, LaTourette, Latta, Schmidt, Tiberi, and Turner all voted against this Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Does that mean they support hate crimes?????* A lot has been said about Republican Steve Stivers and his career as a bank lobbyist. What does a bank lobbyist support?
Thinkprogress:
...Scott Talbott, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at The Financial Services Roundtable (one of the financial services industry’s main lobbying arms) appeared on C-Span to discuss the Obama administration’s proposal to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). The Roundtable has already made its opposition to the new agency abundantly clear, while claiming there are other ways to enhance financial regulations. However, when asked what the Roundtable would support, Talbott slipped and said “we’re not for any regulation“:
HOST: So if not this process by the administration, the creation of the CFPA, how would the Financial Services Roundtable go about assessing and remedying this…
TALBOTT: Sure, sure. We’re not for any regulation. In fact, we have some proposals, but what we don’t want to do is separate out the regulation of the entity from the regulation of the product, which is what the CFPA would do....
Wow. Bank lobbyists don't want any regulations? That would allow consumers to get ripped off even more. If Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, would actually answer questions, we might be able to get his views on this. While Stivers attends 9/12 events and courts right wingers, he avoids giving his opinion to anyone outside of his inner circle. Here is a little bit of info on what Stivers did do as a bank lobbyist (Time):
....Stivers spent seven years advocating looser bank regulation as a lobbyist for the former Bank One, a longtime corporate powerhouse in Columbus that is now part of banking giant JPMorgan Chase....
Let me see if I have this right. Bank lobbyists are for little or no regulations. If you've ever had a problem with a bank or a mortgage concern, you can't be happy with that idea. Yet Republicans are giddy about sending a former bank lobbyist like Stivers to Congress??????