House votes to cancel Trump’s ‘national emergency’ on the border; Sen. Rob Portman undecided on issue
Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.comFebruary 27, 2019 GMT
House votes to cancel Trump’s ‘national emergency’ on the border; Sen. Rob Portman undecided on issue
WASHINGTON, D. C. - In an unprecedented rebuke of a chief executive, the U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency along the nation’s southern border.
All Democrats in the House of Representatives joined with thirteen Republicans to pass the measure by a 245 to 182 margin - far short of the number that would be required to override a likely presidential veto. None of Ohio’s Republicans supported the effort.
Ohio GOP lawmakers seek to set limits on ballot drop boxes, change early voting hours: Capitol Letter
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Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (center) speaks with small business owners at Academy Tavern in Cleveland. Whaley, a Democrat, announced she was running for governor earlier this week. (Seth Richardson, cleveland.com)
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Voter bill details: A new Republican elections bill would limit ballot drop boxes to one site per county and allow them for 10 days of early voting compared to the 30 days for last year’s elections, while also eliminating early in-person on the Monday before Election Day. As Andrew Tobias writes, state Reps. Bill Seitz and Sharon Ray’s elections bill, as described in memo seeking co-sponsors that went out on Thursday, also would allow Ohioans to apply for absentee ballots online, and permit them to update their voter registrations at the BMV. The bill, which is likely to attract controversy giv
Law enforcement prepping for armed pro-Trump marches this weekend in Columbus: Capitol Letter
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Weekend plans: Ohio law-enforcement agencies are preparing for several pro-Trump protests this weekend in Columbus – particularly an armed demonstration outside the Ohio Statehouse on Sunday. As Jeremy Pelzer reports, Columbus is one of a handful of cities singled out in particular on social media and right-wing websites for protests against Democrat Joe Biden taking office.
Prizefighter: President Donald Trump made it official Monday that he was awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Champaign County in a private ceremony, Sabrina Eaton reports. Jordan, a fiercely loyal Trump supporter, led unsuccessful congressional efforts to reject electoral votes from several states that backed Democratic President-elect Joe Biden in November’s election, pushing Trump’s false claims of widespread election f
Years of work fighting for Northeast Ohio earn Marcia Fudge a seat at Biden’s Cabinet table
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President-elect Joe Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, listen as Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, the Biden administration s choice to be the housing and urban development secretary, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - When Donald Trump was sworn in as president in 2017, Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge skipped his inauguration in protest.
When Joe Biden is sworn in as president in January, Fudge will participate as a key part of his team. As designee to head the $50 billion U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), she’ll have a place at his Cabinet table, tasked with helping the department deal with the after-effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and reversing atrophy at the depart