It might be that some of these Ohio right wing bloggers are embarrassed by the beating that John Kasich took yesterday from Joan Walsh when they both appeared on MSNBC's Hardball. It was brutal. Kasich looked like an idiot.
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15th-Democrat) is being opposed by a former bank lobbyist, Republican Steve Stivers. When he served in the State Senate, Stivers voted against state oversight of mortgages, stem cell research, decreasing the interest rates of check cashing companies, against forcing health insurance companies to cover the costs of contraception medication, and even a Disability Scholarship Fund. His buddies and big contributors continue to be bankers and those connected with finance. These bankers and finance people want Stivers in Congress so they can get legislation to protect their bonuses and profits. Steve Stivers is a banker's dream candidate--- a former bank lobbyist with sympathies for bankers!
Bankers and people in finance love Steve Stivers sooo, sooo, sooo much, that they've contributed $584,000 to his campaign. The Ohio Bankers League even had a fund raiser for Stivers in 2008 (which was against election laws: FEC case 6033).
Steve Stivers has lots of plans if he is elected to Congress. Stivers has proposed repealing the 16th and 17th Amendments. Seriously. Here are some other things Stivers wants to eliminate/repeal that I wrote about on this blog on June 9, 2010:
1. Repeal the health care reform bill
2. Repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution
3. Repeal the 17th Amendment to the Constitution
4. Eliminate the Department of Agriculture
5. Eliminate the Department of Education
6. Eliminate the Department of the Interior
7. Eliminate the Department of Housing of and Urban Development
8. Eliminate the Department of Transportation
9. Eliminate the Department of Energy
Stivers has definitely gone over to the far right.
Meanwhile, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's work in Congress has been applauded by many people in Ohio and the nation.
Emily's List
...Mary Jo gathered leaders from the state’s business, academic, and government communities to form a well-rounded approach on how to keep Ohio’s economy moving forward.
This particular meeting, the second in a series Mary Jo is organizing, focused on bioscience, an industry that represents 50,000 jobs across the state....
...Con. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) has introduced remarkable legislation that would ensure companies couldn't consider paid off or settled medical debt when assessing individuals' credit scores -- a policy difference that would literally change the lives of Americans around the country...
There is more news about Mary Jo Kilroy provided by Progress Ohio:
Today freshman U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) passed an amendment to the Wall Street reform conference committee bill that would hold credit rating agencies accountable for their actions by closing a long-standing loophole that allows credit rating agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s to escape liability for making false statements. From 2004 to 2007 credit rating agencies took in hundreds of millions of dollars as they rubber stamped thousands of risky mortgage deals for Wall Street....
.....Specifically, Kilroy’s amendment nullifies Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 436(g) to hold all credit rating agencies liable under Section 11 of the Securities Act. Section 11 was enacted in the wake of the Great Depression to ensure that the information provided with a securities offering is accurate. Other financial services experts, including accountants, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers and the issuer’s director, officers and executives, are currently held to this standard....
Which person will work for YOU in Congress----
Kilroy, a proven leader with demonstrated concern for her constituents
or
Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist and banker's BFF who is more concerned with bankers, and their bonuses?