Do you think that Ohio Gov. John Kasich will refuse this federal government help?
Crain's Cleveland Business:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today will announce a $5.7 million award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that he says will create up to 1,210 new jobs by enabling Northeast Ohio farmers to grow a clean energy biomass known as “miscanthus giganteus.”
Farmers in Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga and Trumbull counties — as well as in several neighboring counties in Pennsylvania — will be eligible to receive the funds to grow miscanthus, a type of grass, which will be converted into biofuels at an Aloterra Energy plant in Conneaut......
.....Sen. Brown said farmers in the four counties will be able to enter into contracts with Aloterra to plant the miscanthus. Aloterra then would buy the miscanthus, convert it to energy and get it to market. Farmers would have three streams of income, according to Sen. Brown: tonnage payments, carbon credits and profit sharing from the conversion facility.....
Do you know what kind of legislation Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi (OH-12) is pushing?
A new job creation bill? No
A bill to train more people for technology jobs? No
A bill to provide food for the homeless and unemployed? No
According to The Hill, Tiberi is among a group of Republicans trying to overturn a tax on tanning bed businesses. Open Secrets reports that Rep. Pat Tiberi received $1,000 contribution from the Indoor Tanning Association (PAC) for the 2010 election cycle.
***** Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is certainly a person that has not demonstrated knowledge of American history. BusinessInsider has a list of "The 9 Craziest Things Michele Bachmann Has Ever Said" and it is interesting. Here is a sample:
"What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love of liberty...You're the state where the shot heard round the world in Lexington and Concord."
~ March 12, 2011 speech to the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire.
Note: The 1776 Battles of Lexington and Concord took place in Massachusetts.
Source: RealClearPolitics
