Steve Chabot

Chabot: Jihadists did it; Obama won't admit it

Howard Wilkinson — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:26:38 +0000

U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, the Westwood Republican, wrote a strongly-worded blog posting Monday blaming the Boston bombings on “Muslim Jihadists” and accusing the Obama administration of trying to cover it up.

“These weren’t a couple of disgruntled Methodists who set off pressure cooker bombs in an attempt to kill and injure as many infidels as possible,’’ Chabot wrote on his blog. “They were Chechen radicalized Islamists who hated America, the country that had generously taken them in, clothed them, fed them and educated them.”

Local House members vote no on fiscal cliff bill

Howard Wilkinson — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:38:58 +0000

Four southwest Ohio, eastern Indiana and northern Kentucky U.S. House members voted "no" late Tuesday night on the bill to avert the nation falling over the "fiscal cliff."

Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood; Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Miami Township; Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Lewis County; and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Columbus, Ind. bucked the party leadership on the bill that would raise the income tax rate for individuals making over $450,000 a year and extended unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed by one year.

Pro-Obama group to gather near Chabot's office

Howard Wilkinson — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:07:17 +0000

Members of Ohio Action Now, a coalition of pro-Obama groups and individuals, plans a Friday rally near Republican congressman Steve Chabot's downtown office to urge him to support President Obama's plans to raise taxes on Americans making over $250,000 a year.

Chabot opposes Obama's plan.

Ohio Action Now leaders say they will present a report from Innovation Ohio, one of their member groups, that they say will show flaws in the budget proposal from House Speaker John Boehner.

The event will take place at 1 p.m.

Chabot and Wenstrup will work to get the budget under control

Ann Thompson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:54:04 +0000

First district Congressman Steve Chabot has been re-elected for a ninth term. He says he's willing to work with President Obama, if Mr. Obama is willing to work with Congress.

"We need to do what's right for the country and it's a whole lot better if you have a President working together.

Paul Ryan brings his message to a Carthage steel company

Ann Thompson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:28:59 +0000

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan literally rolled right into a Cincinnati steel company. His campaign bus drove into the warehouse.

Byer Steel is a small Carthage company with a big stake in U.S. trade policies. It reached out to the Romney/Ryan campaign with concerns and Tuesday the Republican vice presidential nominee came to listen. During a town hall meeting inside a steel warehouse, Ryan called this fourth generation family business the embodiment of the American idea.