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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sen. Brown lands spot on powerful Appropriations Committee
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has landed a spot on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, Brown’s office announced on Thursday, July 22.
Brown said in a press release that he was “honored” that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., chose him for the committee. It plays a major role in determining how billions of dollars in federal money are spent and how much money states and communities get for projects.
“This is about Ohio getting its fair share of federal resources that promote economic development,” Brown said.
“For too long, Ohio has been a donor state - with Ohio taxpayers supporting other states by paying out more in federal taxes than our state receives.”
Brown said he will be seventh Ohioan in history to serve on the committee in its 140 plus year history. He will join Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich who is retiring at the end of the year.
A committee vacancy vacancy was created after long-time Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert C. Byrd, W. Va., died away last month.
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OSU workers’ pay now online
The 2008 pay data for 22,968 employees of Ohio State University is now posted and searchable at BuckeyeInstitute.org.
The conservative think tank added OSU pay information to the data on state government workers and employees in local school districts. The Buckeye Institute plans to add pay data for workers at other public colleges and universities as it becomes available, said Buckeye Institute President Matt Mayer.
Since the website launched the pay database on April 30, it has had roughly 50,000 visitors conducting 370,000 searches, Mayer said.
“Given the volume of data searches, Ohioans clearly want to know what government workers are making, especially now. The Ohio State salary data is another step in bringing full transparency to Ohio government,” Mayer said.
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Poll: Jobs more important than deficit reduction
American voters say overwhelmingly - by 64-30 percent - that reducing unemployment is more important than reducing the federal budget deficit, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Thursday, July 22.
Even Republicans say reducing unemployment is more important, by a 58-38 percent margin. The results come with the national unemployment rate for June at 9.5 percent; the Ohio June rate was 10.5 percent.
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Also, the poll finds voters discouraged about the economy. By a 52-44 percent margin, they say the economy is not beginning to recover.
Also, just 23 percent say the economy is getting better, while 31 percent say it’s getting worse and 44 percent see no change.
“The public seems to be reassessing the view held through the winter and spring, when they thought economic conditions were lousy but could see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release.
“Now they aren’t seeing any light.”
Neither Democratic President Barack Obama nor his Republican congressional opponents has an advantage when it comes to trust from the voters. Forty one percent trust Obama to handle the economy, while 42 percent say they congressional Republicans.
There is a bright spot for Obama, who doesn’t face re-election until 2012.
By a 53-25 percent spread, they blame former Republican President George W. Bush more than Obama for current economic woes. In January, they blamed Bush more by a 55-20 percent spread.
The poll was taken from July 13 to Monday, July 19, with 2,181 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
