http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/George_VoinovichFind stories, videos, and photos about George Voinovich from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:21:25 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/George_Voinovich14433Find stories, videos, and photos about George Voinovich from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/11/news/economy/federal_deficit_commission/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/11/news/economy/federal_deficit_commission/index.htmLeft to their own devices, lawmakers won't successfully deal with the country's spiraling debt situation. That's the opinion of some key members agitating for a special commission to force the hand of Congress.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/03/climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/03/climate.change/index.html#cnnSTCTextRepublicans boycotted a Senate committee hearing Tuesday on a major bill to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/sonia.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/sonia.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextJudge Sonia Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, made history Thursday when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/22/concealed.weapons/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/22/concealed.weapons/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected a controversial measure to allow people to carry concealed weapons from state to state.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/26/obama.emissions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/26/obama.emissions/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama signed a memorandum Monday requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider an application by California to set more stringent auto emissions and fuel efficiency standards than required by federal law.Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/senate.republicans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/senate.republicans/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe 111th Congress has just barely begun as Senate Republicans brace for more grueling elections in 2010 that threaten to further weaken the party's influence in Congress.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/11/congress.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/11/congress.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House of Representatives handily passed a bill Wednesday night that would provide up to $14 billion in bridge loans to automakers, but Republican opposition cast doubt about the bill's fate in the Senate later this week.Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/19/news/companies/auto_hearing/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/19/news/companies/auto_hearing/index.htmAuto industry executives were back on Capitol Hill Wednesday to ask for a federal bailout but they once again faced an uphill battle in winning the necessary support from Congress for a $25 billion loan package.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:52:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/20/news/economy/auto_industry_bailout/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/20/news/economy/auto_industry_bailout/index.htmWith the prospects of an auto bailout this week all but dead, Democratic leaders said Thursday that Congress would return in December to consider extending a $25 billion lifeline for troubled U.S. automakers if the companies devise a "viable" recovery plan.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:45:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/news/economy/auto_bailout_congress/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/news/economy/auto_bailout_congress/index.htmThe top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee said Thursday there is not enough support among Republicans to pass a proposed bailout package for the auto industry.Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:44:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1643500,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1643500,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDespite President Bush's threatened veto, the nation's capital may get its long-sought Congressional voting powerWed, 18 Jul 2007 15:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/28/dobbs.cloture6.28/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/28/dobbs.cloture6.28/index.htmlAs compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/27/iraq.gop.dissent/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/27/iraq.gop.dissent/index.htmlWith the election season and a key Iraq war progress report perched on the horizon, more Republicans will start to distance themselves from President Bush's Iraq policy, analysts say.Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/26/poll.iraq.schneider/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/26/poll.iraq.schneider/index.htmlPublic support for the war in Iraq has fallen to a new low. Not only that, but Republican support is beginning to waver.Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/08/senate.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/08/senate.iraq/index.htmlSeven Republican senators, who support a resolution that opposes sending more troops to Iraq, are considering political tactics to force debate on the measure, which stalled in the Senate this week.Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/24/bolton/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/24/bolton/index.htmlHeated debate over John Bolton -- President Bush's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations -- spilled over onto the Senate floor Wednesday, with a key Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee saying it would be a mistake to appoint Bolton to such an important position.Wed, 25 May 2005 00:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/13/filibuster/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/13/filibuster/index.htmlMavericks have rights in the United States Senate. This week, they got something else -- the political Play of the Week.Fri, 13 May 2005 20:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/12/senate.bolton/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/12/senate.bolton/index.htmlIn a blow to the White House, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Thursday to send the nomination of John R. Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to the full Senate without a recommendation.Thu, 12 May 2005 12:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/28/dr.pain/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/28/dr.pain/index.htmlDr. Tom Coburn, a U.S. senator from Oklahoma for less than four months, last week was up to old tricks he started playing in the House a decade ago.Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/21/senate.bolton/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/21/senate.bolton/index.htmlPresident Bush urged senators Thursday to "put aside politics" and confirm John Bolton as the country's new U.N. ambassador, calling him "the right man at the right time for this important assignment."Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/03/09/76144/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/03/09/76144/index.htmForget retailing woes. The Limited's Leslie Wexner, 54, seems more worried & these days about how to buy a drink. He and developer friend Jack Kessler have bankrolled an exclusive enclave near Colu...Mon, 09 Mar 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/27/71774/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/27/71774/index.htmONE LESSON Americans learned in the Eighties was that they had to take responsibility for their own fates. For companies, in the age of raiders and Darwinian global competition, this was luminously...Mon, 27 Mar 1989 05:01:00 EST