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When Columbus Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy voted with 218 other Democrats for a $1.2 trillion overhaul of America's health care system, the Republican National Congressional Committee was quick to react.

U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus Under fire for voting for the health-care reform bill passed by the U.S House of Representatives 220-215 Saturday, Steve Driehaus , D-West Price Hill, stopped into Courier offices Tuesday morning to plead his case to our business readers.

WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party has launched a political attack against three Ohio Democrats they say cast the decisive votes for a $1.1 trillion health care reform bill that the GOP claims will cost American jobs.

It didn't take 48 hours after Steve Driehaus, D-West Price Hill, voted for a health-care reform bill in the House of Representatives Saturday night for political opponents to use the vote against him in what's expected to be a tough November 2010 re-election bid.

Well, we got the names. Now there's no secret who was willing to step out for Pelosicare.

No one, including incumbent Greg Jolivette, has won the coveted endorsement by the Butler County Republican Party for county commissioner.

Ohio's next election has already begun, and it's going to be big. In less than a year, Ohio picks a governor.

Roll Call news service has issued a list of the 10 House members whom it considers the most likely to lose their seats next year.

Given her own recent statements and the national political landscape, "it's tempting for some Beltway players to presume [Secretary of State Hillary Rodham] Clinton 's greatest prospects are behind her," writes David Paul Kuhn of RealClearPolitics.com. "Tempting, but hardly assured." Mrs.

Ohioans, you are truly the heart of it all. In Washington, D.C., that is, where Buckeye State voters are political celebrities, eyed more greedily than Britney Spears is stalked by the paparazzi.

By about 4:00 on Saturday afternoon, the corner of fifth and vine in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio was lined with people down each side of the Carew Tower, where Steve Driehaus' office is located, and at about 4:10 the orderly crowed began to walk around the tower and chant, "We surround you." The whole scene seemed somehow reminiscent of the ...

The rematch between freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus and former Rep. Steve Chabot in Ohio's 1st District is shaping up to be a race to watch in 2010, according to campaign analysts.

Tea Partiers to "surround the city" October 21st, 2009, 9:07 am From the Tea Party folks: A Cincinnati, OH, October 21, 2009: As Congress writes their health care reform bill behind closed doors, the Cincinnati Tea Party has been diligently focusing attention on the health care debate at rallies, meetings and educational forums.

WASHINGTON -- Incumbents in Ohio's House seats have a strong advantage in fundraising so far.

Rep. Patrick McHenry is the head of the House Conservatives Fund , a non-connected federal PAC supported by more than 100 fiscally and socially conservative members of Congress.

As conspiracy theories go, this one met the legacy test: Skeptics remained convinced that ACORN, the community organizing group, tried to steal Ohio's 2008 election, even though authorities declared the election clean.

Submitted by modernesquire on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 2:29pm. Freshman Congressman Steve Driehaus now has three things in common with former Congressman Steve Chabot: both have represented Ohio's 1st Congressional District, and both raisedA over $150k and have on hand slightly over $500k. The August of GOP Angst apparently didn't give either candidate an ...

If House seats now held by Democrats switch to Republicans in 2010, it will not be because of a seismic change in the country's ideology.

Jim Geraghty writes the Campaign Spot for National Review. So how good could 2010 be for Republicans running for the House of Representatives? A phenomenal year is now in the cards, which is obviously not the same as saying that it will be a phenomenal year.

President Barack Obama made an impassioned speech in front of a joint session of Congress and the nation in a final effort to drive through a health care reform package on Wednesday night.