Portman pushes Tillerson on Ukraine in confirmation hearing Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson faced questioning from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday as its members weighed his nomination for Secretary of State. During the questioning, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman was one of two committee members who challenged Tillerson on his connections with Russia. If either Portman or Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the other skeptic, vote against Tillerson’s … Read More
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Ohio’s voter ID laws: explained The United States Supreme Court denied an emergency action on Monday to put a stay on election laws SB 205 and SB 216 passed by the Ohio legislature in 2012, thereby guaranteeing voter identification laws that the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) has fought against for the past 10 years will remain in effect for the 2016 election. … Read More
Is voting fraud really an issue? Well, maybe. An additional 145 non-citizens were registered to vote in Ohio, announced Secretary of State Jon Husted last week. The findings bring the total non-citizens registered to vote to 436 after four years of work from the Secretary of State’s office. Also included in the report were 27 new non-citizens who cast ballots and were referred for further investigation by Husted. … Read More
Are we at war yet? Many United States citizens have been hesitating to get excited for President Obama’s foreign tactics when it comes to Syria. Following the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack on Syrian citizens, which left hundreds dead, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is challenging the United States to turn the other cheek. In a recent interview with CBS, Assad dodges the reporter’s claims that … Read More
