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Ohio Gov. John Kasich: House Republicans could foil Obamacare replacement The longtime Trump critic vows to fight to keep Americans insured. Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: http://usat.ly/2lJlBPi WASHINGTON - Longtime Trump critic and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, two days after trying to mend fences at the White House, turned on Sunday to Republicans on Capitol Hill, saying that hard-line members of his own party in the House could be the biggest obstacle to passing an Obamacare replacement law.
Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, a Republican, announced creation of the Mary Taylor for Governor committee Thursday, which clears her to begin campaigning, raising money and seeking endorsements. She's one of three high-profile Ohio Republicans aspiring to governor.
Vice President Mike Pence's speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition will be the visual evidence of the fruits of years of the politically active group's labors. The annual conference at billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson's casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip has become a de facto campaign stop for Republican presidential candidates over the past few years.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is slated to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, three sources familiar with the plan told CNN today. A senior administration official said the meeting is still tentative but is likely to be a private sitdown between Kasich, the President and possibly Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
In an interview on CNN's " State of the Union ", the Ohio Republican, attending a worldwide security conference in Munich, Germany, said leaders from other countries are getting mixed messages from the president and members of his administration. Speaking from the 53rd Munich Security Conference, Kasich said leaders are saying, "We're just not sure" about America's alliances.
From an international security conference in Munich , Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that world leaders remain uncertain about President Trump 's commitment to Europe and NATO . "There is a question that in a time of crisis, where will America be," Mr. Kasich said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaking on Feb. 1. Kasich has postponed the state's next eight executions amidst a legal challenge to Ohio's lethal injection protocol. Gov. John Kasich has put Ohio executions on hold until May, citing a legal challenge to the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol.
Gov. John Kasich is urging confirmation of President Donald Trump's education secretary nominee without mentioning the significant unpaid fine owed to Ohio by a now-defunct political action committee she controlled. The Republican governor and 2016 presidential contender didn't support Trump, but he praised Betsy DeVos for her character, experience and philosophy of limited government in a Jan. 24 letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander, who chairs the committee that handled her confirmation.
"The amount of energy I am seeing is like nothing I've ever seen," said Democratic Chairman David Pepper, recounting what he sees as a rebound since the election of Donald Trump nearly three months ago. The Cincinnati attorney said he's getting interest from Democrats already wanting to run for Congress next year, and they are better qualified than many of the party's past candidates.
There were more rumblings about the coming state budget, lawmakers made a brief appearance in their respective Statehouse chambers and another statewide office-holder made his 2018 election intentions known. Things are getting busy again in capital city, as Gov. John Kasich and the state legislature gear up for biennial budget deliberations and potential statewide candidates begin jockeying for position.
There's been little public word about what has happened to an American college student detained in North Korea, as a new administration takes over one year later amid deep U.S. concerns about the hostile country's nuclear and missile development. North Korea announced last Jan. 22 it had detained Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, earlier that month for alleged anti-state crime.
The bonanza of far-right bills demonstrated what "emboldened" Republican legislators will attempt with solid majorities in the state legislature, Republican John Kasich in the governor's mansion, and members of the GOP in the offices of secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer. Welcome to the dawn of Republican government.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is headed to Washington for a series of events, including the presidential inauguration of former political rival Donald Trump. He will meet with GOP Sen. John McCain, of Arizona, to discuss national security issues on Thursday and then join two private, round-table discussions with members of Senate committees.
In less than a year's time, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has gone from an "adult in the room" alternative in a fractious Republican presidential field, to a potential convention spoiler in Cleveland, to now facing a hostile new president who reached down personally to seize control of the state GOP. The roller coaster ride has left many wondering whether Kasich's political star and personal influence have faded.
In this April 29, 2015, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, center, joined by state Public Safety Director John Born, right, and former state Sen. Nina Turner, left, announces a plan to establish the first-ever statewide police standards for the proper use of force, recruiting and hiring, during a Statehouse news conference in Columbus, Ohio. Born says the hope is that Ohio law enforcement agencies employing about two-thirds of all officers will adopt the standards by a March 2017 deadline.
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown held a round table discussion in Toledo Friday to talk to local healthcare providers about the cost effects of repealing the Affordable Care Act. ProMedica, Mercy Health, NAMI, CareNet, and UTMC were among the providers that said the repeal of the ACA without replacement would have devastating effects.
Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign against Donald Trump largely amounted to a reprise of the left's attacks on Judges Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas in the 1980s. "Borking" -- nice slang for Hillary's "politics of personal destruction" -- succeeded against Judge Bork.
Two days after Donald Trump worked the phones to successfully unseat Ohio's Republican Chairman Matt Borges, a close ally of Gov. John Kasich told Newsmax that the purpose of the president-elect's unprecedented involvement in the state party contest was "to take a swat at John Kasich and nothing more." In an exclusive interview with Newsmax following the vote for state chairman Friday night, Franklin County Chairman Doug Preisse recollected that "few former opponents or critics [of Trump] were consistent or as highly placed as John Kasich."
President-elect Donald Trump says he will meet Friday morning with the editors of Conde Nast, whose brands include Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. Trump says Vogue Editor Anna Wintour had asked him to meet with the editors, as well as with Steven Newhouse.