“George Voinovich” on The Daily Caller

A key Republican senator whose vote is being sought by the White House to ensure passage of a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia said Tuesday the agreement will be ratified by the Senate. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to approve a nuclear arms pact with Russia, handing President Barack Obama a huge victory on his top foreign policy priority. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama lobbied senators by phone Monday to back an arms treaty with Russia that he’s called a national security imperative, as a top Senate Democrat conceded “house by house combat” would be needed to win enough GOP votes to prevail. (more)

Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich is planning to oppose legislation that extends any of the Bush-era tax cuts, becoming the first senator to state his opposition to any extension even as the White House and congressional leaders are expected to reach a deal on the issue this week. (more)

A repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell?” Don’t bet on it. (more)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A veteran of George W. Bush’s White House has kept Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat in the hands of the GOP. (more)

The Senate on Thursday approved a multi-billion dollar package of tax breaks and government-backed loans for small businesses, as Democrats surmounted months of opposition by Republican leaders. Backers say the bill could spur business growth and new hiring. (more)

WASHINGTON — Retiring Republican Senator George Voinovich said he plans to help push a package of small-business incentives through the Senate next week, a move that would give President Obama and congressional Democrats a key victory on the economy in the final weeks before the November midterm elections. (more)

On August 24, the Department of Education (ED) released the list of phase two winners in its Race to the Top (RTT) program. A study released Friday by the non-partisan think tank, American Enterprise Institute, however, says that in some cases, the winning states for rounds one and quite possibly two, made the cut for political reasons and not because they made strides in education reform. (more)

The Senate voted on Thursday to include a proposed $30 billion lending program in a package of aid for small businesses, as two Republicans joined with Democrats to support the amendment. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1.3 million laid-off workers won’t get their unemployment benefits reinstated before Congress goes on a weeklong break for Independence Day. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It turned out anger didn’t translate at the ballot box. (more)

The idea of a value-added tax, attacked by national Republicans ever since it was floated by a White House adviser, has some GOP allies in Congress. (more)

I just ran into former Sen. Mel Martinez, Florida Republican, at the Capitol. He said he was there to have lunch with Sen. George Voinovich, Ohio Republican.  (more)

The Senate went on record Thursday as overwhelmingly opposed to a value-added tax – something much talked about by Democrats and those close to President Obama of late – approving by 85-to-13 a resolution declaring the penalty a “massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income.” (more)

WASHINGTON—In a 60-34 vote, Democratic senators on Monday overcame Republican opposition to an extension of unemployment benefits and health-insurance subsidies for jobless people. (more)

In 1954, a unanimous Supreme Court rendered its opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, effectively closing a tragic chapter in American public education that had confined disadvantaged minority students in substandard schools. Yet today—more than 50 years later—the Obama administration has erected new roadblocks on the path of equal opportunity paved by this landmark decision. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama travels to a Virginia school Tuesday to talk about his efforts to improve education. (more)

When Chris Shays of Connecticut, the last New England Republican in the House, lost his seat in 2008 pundits said it marked the end of Republicanism in the Northeast. (more)

Abstract: The federal budget of the United States is on a disastrous course. Entitlement spending threatens to drive up federal spending in the next decades to an unprecedented proportion of gross domestic product. A budget commission, in conjunction with other steps, may be needed to jolt the legislative process into addressing the looming fiscal crisis, but the Conrad-Gregg commission as proposed is fatally flawed. Instead, a bipartisan budget commission must include the American people fully in the discussions and must not override appropriate protections for the minority in Congress. (more)