Stivers, S Rep

interesting case; mod guy  lost by 2k 2008 ran hard to right, 180 on cap and trade/agwlowdown 9/11

Just like the old Congress, money talks in this 'new' one, and the tea party crew is eagerly snagging checks from corporate lobbyists. Steve Stivers of Ohio, for one, landed a coveted seat on the financial services subcommittee, and--shazam!--nearly $100,000 in campaign cash fell into his lap in just his first eight weeks--85 percent of it from financiers his committee oversees. Steve is now carrying two bills that those interests really, really want passed. One would kill a Wall Street reform requiring banks to disclose the difference in pay between CEOs and average employees. The other exempts billionaire private equity hucksters from regulation. Sheltering greedheaded banksters--is that what the tea party rebellion was about?==<div>stivers, scalise
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<div><div>no lnx twt</div><div>Republican lawmakers throw a fit over new metal detectors at the House chamber</div><div>
</div><div>Cody Fenwick January 13, 2021</div><div>   </div><div>Following the brutal assault on the U.S. Capitol last week by supporters of the president hoping to overturn the election, Congress is stepping up its security. And on Tuesday night, multiple Republican lawmakers expressed their outrage at new metal detectors placed at the entrance of the House chamber.</div><div>
</div><div>Officials seem to believe these measures are necessary following the attempted insurrection, especially in light of the fears that Republican members, some of whom have bragged about wanting to bring guns onto the House floor, may have been supportive of the mob.</div><div>
</div><div>"There are concerns about the gun-toting members, but also we don't know who they're going to bring to the inauguration who can bypass the metal detectors," on Democratic representative told CNN. "Until there's an investigation and until we understand our colleagues' level of complicity in the attack we don't know how involved they really were. Until we have answers I don't think we should trust them – not all of them of course, but some of them."</div><div>
</div><div>Perhaps further raising suspicions, Republicans were furious when they had to enter the chamber on Tuesday.</div><div>
</div><div>"Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who has bragged about her desire to carry a weapon on Capital Hill is currently in a standoff with Capitol Police at the newly installed Metal Detectors outside the chamber doors," CNN's Ryan Nobles reported on Tuesday evening. "Boebert walked through with her bag which set off the mags. She refused to offer the bag over to be searched and is now in a standoff with Cap Police."</div><div>
</div><div>He added: "Capitol Police won't let her in until Boebert shows them what is in her bag, she won't and is now standing by the entrance of the chamber. She is respectful but defiant."</div><div>
</div><div>On Twitter, she objected to the new policy:</div><div>
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</div><div>Boebert has been of particular concern because she tweeted out that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had left the chamber in the middle of the Jan.6 invasion by the pro-Trump mob, even though members were told not to share this kind of information for security reasons. Some believe she may have been intentionally trying to give the mob information about one of its targets. Boebert has previously expressed her support for the conspiracy fiction QAnon, though she subsequently said she was not a "follower." She has reportedly been tied to other extremist groups.</div><div>
</div><div>She wasn't the only one objecting to the new security measures on Tuesday, other reporters revealed.</div><div>
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</div><div>Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko of Arizona also complained about the change on Twitter, provoking many critics to point out that metal detectors are accepted at many other parts of life, such as in airports and some schools.</div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For members of Congress to enter the floor of the U.S. House, we now have to go through intense security measures, on top of the security we already go through. These new provisions include searches and being wanded like criminals. We now live in Pelosi’s communist America!</div><div>
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</div><div>=</div></div></div></div>=stub<div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Steve Stivers is the Republican candidate in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/2008_U.S.congressional_elections" title="2008 U.S. congressional elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2008 congressional elections</a> for the 15th Congressional District (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/oh15_110.gif" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">map</a>) of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Ohio_and_the_U.S.Congress" title="Portal:Ohio and the U.S. Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio</a>. Stivers won the Republican nomination and will face Democratic candidate <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mary_Jo_Kilroy" title="Mary Jo Kilroy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mary Jo Kilroy</a> for retiring incumbent Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Deborah_Pryce" title="Deborah Pryce" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Deborah Pryce</a>'s (R-Ohio) vacant seat.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-Cleveland.com-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 12px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 12px; display: inline; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Positions.2C_record_and_controversies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Positions, record and controversies</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Bio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Bio</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#2008_elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1 2008 elections</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Money_in_politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Money in politics</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Committees_and_affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Committees and affiliations</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Committees" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.1 Committees</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.2 Affiliations</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#More_background_data" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 More background data</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Contact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 Contact</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Campaign_Contact_Information" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6.1 Campaign Contact Information</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 Articles and resources</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#Sources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7.2 Sources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7.3 External resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7.4 External articles</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;">Positions, record and controversies</h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;">Bio</h2><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;">2008 elections</h3>Stivers won the Republican nomination in the 2008 congressional primary.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-Cleveland.com-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;">Money in politics</h2><div style="margin: 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(92, 121, 181); padding: 0.25em; background: rgb(220, 232, 248);">Information on this candidate's 2010 fundraising is not yet available.</div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;">Committees and affiliations</h2><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;">Committees</h3>Stivers will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.<h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;">Affiliations</h3><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;">More background data</h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;">Contact</h2><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;">Campaign Contact Information</h3>Stivers for Congress
211 S 5th St
Columbus, OH 43215
(614)358 - 0800
Michael Hartley
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="mailto:info@stivers4congress.com" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAMAAAC67D+PAAAAMFBMVEX///////+IioX29vbq6unJx8O9vbvl5ePZ2NX7+/iysrLp5+KjoZyop6Oxrqrx8O1Uz2ohAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAENJREFUeNotxscBwCAMA0AsudAS9t82hnCvK2kAUQ6FCPSuzvy/x3wf0RFir6KAnbKqMSstMEnZZW/0cWqNVMs6Lv8AS44BeHjFSEUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=) 100% 50% no-repeat;">info@stivers4congress.com</a>
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margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-Cleveland.com-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#cite_ref-Cleveland.com_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Stivers#cite_ref-Cleveland.com_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.1</a> Cleveland.com, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elections.cleveland.com/dynamic/files/elections/2008/by_state/OH_US_House_0304.html?SITE=OHCLEELN&SECTION=POLITICS" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">“The Latest Ohio, Presidential and Senate Election Results"</a>, “Cleveland.com”, March 5, 2008, Accessed March 10, 2008</li></ol><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;">External resources</h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/OH-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">2008 Race Tracker page on Ohio’s 15th Congressional District</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stivers4congress.com/" style="text-decoration: none; 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display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:ALEC_Politicians" title="Category:ALEC Politicians" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">ALEC Politicians</a></li></ul></div></div>The Budget-Hacking ManiacSteve Stivers won his Ohio House seat by to calling for the elimination of all but four federal departments and privatizing the national parks. But does he believe his own platform?There is no shortage of small-government conservatives in the House GOP class of 2010. But few can match the maniacal budget-cutting zeal of Steve Stivers, an Iraq veteran and former banking lobbyist from Ohio.Little noticed outside of his Columbus-area district, Stivers courted local Tea Party groups with a far-reaching plan to tear down the federal government. In a publicly released survey issued by the Union County and Galloway 912 Project, Stivers wrote that "only four departments perform Constitutional roles (State, Defense, Justice, and Treasury) so you could eliminate the departments of Agriculture, Education, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, and others and return to a constitutionally pure government." He singled out the Department of Interior as the juiciest target, saying that the entire country's National Parks could be privatized and sold either to conservationists or commercial interests.The local Tea Partiers lapped it up. Stivers romped to victory in the GOP primary and then beat out a Democratic incumbent who had narrowly defeated him two years agoThe only question is: does Stivers believe his own budget planThe number one issue listed on his website is protecting Social Security from privatization and fighting off attempts to raise the retirement age. The rest of his listed positions sound more anodyne than Ayn Rand.In fact, Stivers was widely regarded as a moderate in Ohio until his latest race. His pro-choice leanings were blamed for derailing his first congressional run, a heartbreaking loss to Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in 2008 that ended up being the final race called in the House that year. Stivers lost by just 2,311 votes while two third-party candidates on his right flank took up over 8% of the totalChastened by the loss, Stivers courted conservatives more aggressively this time around. After not filling out their questionnaire in 2008, he won a unique "preferred candidate" status from Ohio Right to Life—short of an endorsement, but enough to keep his right flank protected. He voted against an anti-gay marriage bill in 2004, telling the Columbus Dispatch at the time that "Ohio's not a radical state. It's a mainstream state." But this year, he told Tea Partiers that he feared allowing gays in the military could significantly hurt recruitment efforts. Like a number of moderate Republicans in 2010, he also abandoned his climate change stance, not only disavowing his previous support for some form of cap and trade legislation but writing in the 912 survey that he disagreed with the statement that "man-made global warming is a scientific fact.""It sounds like he might have answered that survey in a bit of haste," Seitz said with a laugh.All of which raises the question: Which Steve Stivers will show up when the new Congress convenes in January? And how many incoming members talked tough to win Tea Party support, but plan to soften their stance once they've taken the oath of office? After all, it worked for Scott Brown.For those who've followed Stivers' career in the Ohio legislature, his re-emergence as a Tea Party radical is greeted with more than a little skepticism. State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, said that Stivers was certainly a fiscal conservative—but added he saw little evidence in his legislative record to support the positions Stivers staked out in the 912 survey."It sounds like he might have answered that survey in a bit of haste," Seitz said with a laugh. "He is kind of a decisive guy, his enthusiasm sometimes gets the better of him, but I don't think he was pandering—I think he just answered it in a bit of haste."That Stivers was often cited in the national press as a Tea Party candidate, including in the New York Times and Washington Post, underscores the vagueness of the label, which even the best-known Tea Party candidates like Brown and Marco Rubio have been uncomfortable embracing. Stiver has danced around whether or not he accepts the label, featuring Tea Party rallies in his campaign literature even as his spokesman declined to directly address the Times' description to reporters He also walked back some of his positions from the 912 survey after the primary, most notably his call to abolish the 17th amendment. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Stivers cited Brown's win in the Massachusetts race to replace the late Ted Kennedy as a sign that direct election of senators can work after all.The Kilroy campaign, for its part, attacked Stivers as both a radical and a flip flopper, a difficult and ultimately unsuccessful combination. But her attacks on Stivers' past positions weren't lost on local Tea Party activists, who are not shy voicing their concerns as he prepares to represent the district in Congress."I don't think we organized early enough to get the perfect candidate out there," Lisa Cooper, leader of the Union County 912 Group that issued the survey, told The Daily Beast. "He's willing to work with us and we assured him we're willing to work to get him elected, but we'll be watching."Steven Carr of the Columbus Tea Party warned in an e-mail that " should Mr. Stivers support any cap and trade legislation, he will find resistance and opposition by the regional liberty movement. However, I have not heard anything indicating he still supports it."Bill Williams, an organizer for the Central Ohio 912 Group, said he believed Stivers' positions in previous elections were the product of his liberal-leaning district."We had many conversations with him and I believe his appearance of being a moderate in the past was based on him trying to go with the flow," he said. "I think he felt like that's what he needed to do to get elected."The Daily Beast reached out to Stivers for an interview and, after multiple phone calls and emails, were told by an aide that he was busy first on National Guard duty and then a vacation in Aruba. When asked if a spokesman were available instead, the aide hung up. Another email requesting comment went unreturned.Benjamin Sarlin is the Washington correspondent for The Daily Beast and edits the site's politics blog, Beltway Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.progressive dem, better experience?<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kilroy">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kilroy</a>=wikifluffSteven Ernst "Steve" Stivers (born March 24, 1965) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">American</a> politician who has been the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Representative</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Ohio's 15th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio's 15th congressional district</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-http:.2F.2Fwww.cnn.com-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> since 2011. He is a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Party</a>. Stivers previously served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Senate</a>, representing the 16th district. He is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Colonel</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Army_National_Guard" title="Ohio Army National Guard" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Army National Guard</a> and served <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_duty" title="Active duty" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">active duty</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iraq</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion#United_States_Army_and_Marine_Corps" title="Battalion" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Battalion</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Commander</a> until December 2005.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Early life, education, and career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Military_service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Military service</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Ohio_Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Ohio Senate</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.1 Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.2 Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.3 Committee assignments</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 U.S. House of Representatives</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Elections_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.1 Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Tenure_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.2 Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Legislation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.3 Legislation</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Committee_assignments_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.4 Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.5 Caucus memberships</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Electoral history</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life, education, and career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Stivers was born and grew up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripley,Ohio" title="Ripley, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ripley, Ohio</a>, the son of Carol Sue (née Pulliam) and Ernst Bambach Stivers.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> Steve is a recipient of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Scout(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Eagle Scout</a> Award.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-trivillagerotary.org-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>Stivers attended The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio State University</a> where he earned a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" title="Economics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">economics</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">international relations</a> in 1989 and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">MBA</a> in 1996.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> While attending Ohio State he joined the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Upsilon" title="Delta Upsilon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Delta Upsilon</a> Fraternity.Stivers spent seven years at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_One" title="Bank One" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Bank One</a>, three years at the Ohio Company, two years as Finance Director for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County,Ohio" title="Franklin County, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Franklin County</a> Republican Party and five years as a staff member in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ohio Senate</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-about-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[9]</a> Stivers has worked as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Securities_Representative_Exam" title="General Securities Representative Exam" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Series 7</a> licensed securities <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbroker" title="Stockbroker" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">trader</a> with the Ohio Company.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-about-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[9]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Military service<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Military service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Stivers has served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Army_National_Guard" title="Ohio Army National Guard" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio National Guard</a> since 1985 and holds the rank of Colonel in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Logistics_Branch" title="United States Army Logistics Branch" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Logistics branch</a>. Stivers was called to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_duty" title="Active duty" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">active duty</a> while serving in the Ohio Senate in October 2004. It was then that Stivers served in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iraq</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kuwait</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Qatar</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Djibouti</a> as Battalion Commander until December 2005. He was awarded a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star" title="Bronze Star" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bronze Star</a>for his accomplishments as a battalion commander during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-about-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ohio Senate<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>After redistricting, incumbent Republican <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Mead" title="Priscilla Mead" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Priscilla Mead</a> decided to resign after only serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Senate</a> for a year.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> Stivers was the "compromise candidate" after a Senate screening committee could not agree on him and fellow State Representative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hughes(politician)" title="Jim Hughes (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jim Hughes</a>, who were both running for the district.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> Stivers won a special election in January 2003 unopposed.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> He then won re-election in 2004 to a full senate term with 58% of the vote.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tenure<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Stivers served in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Senate</a> from January 9, 2003 until December 2008.<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Legislation</dt></dl>He sponsored 12 bills while in office which became law, 11 of which were bipartisan.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-trivillagerotary.org-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a> He was the lead sponsor of the following bills:
- A comprehensive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort" title="Tort" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">tort</a> reform bill which was enacted in 2004.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a><ul style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Allowed members of the Armed Forces Reserves who are called to active duty to defer paying property taxes during the length of a deployment.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Provided doctors limited civil protections if they choose to give free care to uninsured people, resulting in more than $1 million of free care in Franklin County alone.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Worked to ensure those with disabilities in need of healthcare have the option to buy into Ohio’s Medicaid system.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Worked to strengthen Ohio's sex offender laws.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></li></ul>He also passed a balanced, fiscally conservative state budget, provided the largest personal property tax cut in Ohio history, and froze tuition rates for Ohio’s college students.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-test2-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Senator Stivers sat on a variety of Ohio Senate committees. He was the Chairman of the Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee, Vice-Chair of the Finance and Financial Institutions Committee, served on the Ways and Means Committee, the Judiciary Committee on Civil Justice, the Judiciary Committee for Criminal Justice, and also the Controlling Board.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House of Representatives<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2008</dt></dl><div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
In November 2007, Stivers announced he would run for election to Congress in Ohio's 15th District, a seat held by retiring Republican member <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Pryce" title="Deborah Pryce" style="font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Deborah Pryce</a>. He won the Republican nomination and ran against Democratic nominee Mary Jo Kilroy, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)" style="font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Libertarian</a> Mark Noble and Independent Don Elijah Eckhart. Stivers lost by 2,311 votes, conceding on December 7, 2008 after a long vote recount.See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio,2008#District_15" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008 § District 15</a></div><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2010</dt></dl><div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Stivers won the Republican primary with 82% of the vote.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> He again faced Democratic incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kilroy" title="Mary Jo Kilroy" style="font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mary Jo Kilroy</a> along with Constitution Party nominee David Ryon and Libertarian nominee William J. Kammerer. November 2, 2010 Kilroy conceded to Stivers.See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio,2010#District_15.2A" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010 § District 15*</a></div>2012
<div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio,2012#District_15" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012 § District 15</a></div>Stivers ran again in 2012 against Democratic nominee Pat Lang.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a> He was endorsed by the NRA, National Right to Life, Ohio State Medical Association and United States Chamber of Commerce. Stivers was re-elected by 76,397 votes.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tenure<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Budget</dt></dl>Stivers has voted against raising the debt limit when there was no offset or systemic reform and supports prioritizing spending in the event that the debt limit is reached.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-votebudget-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a>He was part of a proposal to add a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-votebudget-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> Stivers voted to offset the costs of disaster relief spending through discretionary budget cuts.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-votebudget-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a>On April 25, 2013, Stivers introduced a bill that would alter the composition of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny(United_States_coin)" title="Penny (United States coin)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">penny</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel(United_States_coin)" title="Nickel (United States coin)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">nickel</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime(United_States_coin)" title="Dime (United States coin)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">dime</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter(United_States_coin)" title="Quarter (United States coin)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">quarter</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel" title="Steel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">steel</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper" title="Copper" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">copper</a> coat, which would save an estimated $433,000,000 over the course of ten years.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a>He voted to audit the Federal Reserve and its recent actions, specifically its involvement in mortgage loans.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Energy</dt></dl>Stivers supports all energy options, including green, nuclear, and clean coal and supports tax benefits for renewable energy usage.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-voteeenergy-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[22]</a> However Stivers opposes federal regulations on efficiency standards<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[19]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Gun Control</dt></dl>Stivers is a strong supporter of gun rights and opposes any limits to Second Amendment rights.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a> He supports loosening regulations for interstate gun purchases and supports veterans registering unlicensed firearms acquired from outside the United States.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Healthcare</dt></dl>Stivers is an opponent of government-run healthcare and has voted on numerous occasions against such.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-votehealth-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a> He supports privatized healthcare options opposes the use of federal funds for any healthcare program expansions or acts.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-votehealth-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Social Security</dt></dl>Rep. Stivers opposes the privatization of social security.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a> In addition, he also opposes raising the retirement age from its current state.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Taxes</dt></dl>Stivers took the Taxpayer Protection pledge, insuring he would not support any tax raises.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a> He supports a flat federal tax rate across the board for all income brackets.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-issues-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Legislation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=10&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Legislation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>On November 21, 2013, Stivers introduced the bill <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_amend_the_Federal_Home_Loan_Bank_Act_to_authorize_privately_insured_credit_unions_to_become_members_of_a_Federal_home_loan_bank(H.R.3584;113th_Congress)" title="To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank (H.R. 3584; 113th Congress)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize privately insured credit unions to become members of a Federal home loan bank (H.R. 3584; 113th Congress)</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-3584sum-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a> The bill would amend the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Home_Loan_Bank_Act" title="Federal Home Loan Bank Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Federal Home Loan Bank Act</a> to treat certain privately insured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_union" title="Credit union" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">credit unions</a> as insured depository institutions for purposes of determining eligibility for membership in a federal home loan bank.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-3584sum-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a> The bill was scheduled to be voted on under a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_the_rules" title="Suspension of the rules" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">suspension of the rules</a> on May 6, 2014.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stivers#cite_note-HouseExIRS-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=11&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Committee on Financial Services</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Capital_Markets_and_Government-Sponsored_Enterprises" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Insurance,_Housing_and_Community_Opportunity" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity</a></li></ul></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Study Committee</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Main Street Partnership</a></li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Caucus memberships<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Stivers&action=edit&section=12&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Congressional Arts Caucus</li></ul>==Ohio: Ohio’s fourteen Dirty Air Villains include Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Speaker of the
House John Boehner (R-OH8) and Reps. Steve Chabot (R-OH1) (whose district includes the
Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN MSA which ranks 21st in the nation for Ozone
pollution and eighth for year-round particulate pollution), Jean Schmidt (R-OH2) (whose district
includes the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN MSA which ranks 21st worst for
Ozone pollution and 8th for year-round particulate pollution), Michael Turner (R-OH3), Jim
Jordan (R-OH4), Robert Latta (R-OH5), Bill Johnson (R-OH6), Steve Austria (R-OH7), Patrick
Tiberi (R-OH12), Steven LaTourette (R-OH14) and Jim Renacci (R-OH16) (both of whose
districts overlap part of the Cleveland-Akron, OH MSA which is the nation’s 14th most polluted
for year round soot), Steve Stivers (R-OH15) and Bob Gibbs (R-OH18.) Ohio’s three Clean Air
Heroes include Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Reps. Betty Sutton (D-OH13) and Dennis
Kucinich (D-OH10).
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