October 6, 2009 – 11:45 am
Late last week Minority Leader John Boehner, OH-8, asserted that he hasn’t met anyone who is in favor of the public insurance option.
“I’m still trying to find the first American to talk to who’s in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration,” said Boehner.
In response, Congressman John Yarmuth, [...]
This week I wrote a cover story about the emergence of two Kentucky leaders in the national debate over reforming health care. U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., is the communications adviser for the House Democrats, who two weeks ago foisted a draft plan that includes the so-called public option, a government-run health care plan that [...]
The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness received a federal grant today for $6.3 million for its Healthy Start initiative that will fund the program for the next five years. Congressman John Yarmuth, D-3rd district, presented the health department with its first installment of $1,275,000, which will be allocated annually by the U.S. [...]
The “100 Portrait Series” by Shayne Hull, which includes portraits of Mayor Abramson and Congressman Yarmuth, is up for sale. The silent auction is now through June 12. Bidding is made in person at Proof, 700 W. Main. Tell the bartender that you’d like to bid on a portrait in the silent auction. All proceeds [...]
President Obama has, at long last, reversed the asinine ban on embryonic stem cell research enacted by the Bush adminstration, lo those many years ago.
If you’re a person who believes in the power of science to extend human life and reduce the suffering attendant to it, but maybe you have an itch about the whole [...]
October 29, 2008 – 11:34 am
Actress, University of KY grad, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth member and wild UK hoops fan (OK, we’ll forgive that last one) Ashley Judd is coming to the Ville Saturday, Nov. 1 to campaign with U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth and Democratic senatorial candidate Bruce Lunsford (Gov. Beshear and Mayor Abramson will also be on hand). It’s [...]
October 26, 2008 – 10:50 am
In case you missed it, Jim Bruggers at the CJ has a nice overview of the Kentucky congressional candidates’ views on mountaintop removal mining, “clean coal” technology, etc. Predictably, McConnell and Lunsford are pretty lame with their answers, as is Northup; Yarmuth, on the other hand, appears to at least understand some of the attendant [...]
October 16, 2008 – 1:52 pm
According to the latest WHAS 11/Survey USA poll, Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth, KY-3, has fattened his lead over former Congresswoman Anne Northup, a Republican. The poll show a 57-41 percent margin favoring Yarmuth among likely 3rd District voters. Almost the exact lead he had over her in late June.
In 2006 he unseated Northup, a 10-year [...]
October 14, 2008 – 4:03 pm
Responding to her induction on the League of Conservation Voters’ 2008 Dirty Dozens list, former congresswoman, Republican Anne Northup called LEO Weekly’s offices and gave the following statement:
“The League of Conservation Voters is one of the most extreme environmental organizations in the country. They oppose any clean coal research and new drilling off the outer [...]
October 14, 2008 – 1:17 pm
The League of Conservation Voters announced today that it added Anne Northup to its 2008 Dirty Dozen list, saying that the former congresswoman has a lifetime score of only 7 percent on the organization’s National Environmental Scorecard.
“With energy at the heart of the 2008 election, it is critical that we elect representatives who will steer [...]
