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Kentucky: Ed Whitfield

February 27, 2009 - 11:35 pm
NEWS FEED: Bluegrass Roots

Kentucky House on the Verge of a Huge Mistake

By RDemocrat

In Kentucky, a huge mistake is on the way. In the Kentucky House, a bill originated in the Senate cleared committee, a bill which will raze a moratorium on the building of Nuclear Power plants in Kentucky until a way can be found to safely dispose of the waste.
This bill was introduced by my State Senator, Bob Leeper, an "Independent" who was first elected as a Democrat, then changed to Republican, and is now an Independent who might as well just call himself a Republican.

You see, Paducah has a Nuclear Power Plant, and Leeper seems to want more in Kentucky:

The House Tourism Development and Energy Committee signed off on the measure with a 12-6 vote and sent it to the full House for consideration.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 08:53

KY Delegation on auto industry bailout: 3 ayes, 3 noes

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

The federal government's bailout of the auto industry cleared its first hurdle last night, passing the U.S. House on a vote of 237 to 170.

Kentucky's delegation split on the bill, with three U.S. Reps. breaking for it and three against:

District 1 - Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) - NO

District 2 - Ron Lewis (R-Cecilia) - YES

District 3 - John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) - YES

District 4 - Geoff Davis (R-Hebron) - NO

District 5 - Hal Rogers (R-Somerset) - NO

District 6 - Ben Chandler (D-Versailles) - YES

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Mon, 11/24/2008 - 17:18

Updated: Whitfield, Beshear will join Bush during Fort Campbell visit

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) will join President George W. Bush tomorrow at the Fort Campbell military installation in southern Kentucky for a ceremony to honor a soldier for his volunteer service.

Whitfield will reportedly fly with Bush from Washington on Air Force One in time to arrive for the 10 am event.

At the ceremony, Bush is set to award wounded Iraq veteran Sergeant John Forbess with the Volunteer Service Award.

After being injured in Iraq in 2003, Forbess now serves as a mentor for other wounded troops at Fort Campbell.

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Mon, 10/13/2008 - 16:50

KET says FCC rules require airing of Whitfield statement

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

An official from Kentucky Educational Television has said that federal regulations require the network to air a recorded statement from U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) tonight in conjunction with the network's 1st Congressional District debate at which Whitfield will not appear.

As the network noted, Whitfield's opponent - Heather Ryan (D-Paducah) - did confirm for the event.

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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:32

Updated: Whitfield declines invite to KY-1 forum; Ryan says she will attend

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

A spokesperson from Kentucky Educational Television confirmed that U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) declined the invitation to the network's 1st Congressional District forum scheduled for Oct. 13.

Whitfield's opponent, Heather Ryan (D-Paducah), released a statement today declaring she would still attend the forum.

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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 12:39

KY-1: Ryan announces pregnancy in response to comments about weight

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

First Congressional District candidate Heather Ryan (D-Paducah) announced she was five-months pregnant at a press conference held today at which the candidate sought to "respond" to criticisms of her weight.

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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 17:28

Whitfield and Yarmuth address bailout votes

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

After Kentucky's six-person U.S. House delegation split evenly this afternoon on the revised economic bailout bill, members scrambled to explain their votes to constituents.

In an "open letter" to constituents in Kentucky's 3rd District, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) said his vote in favor of the bailout bill was "one of my most difficult decisions since being elected" in 2006.

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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 13:07

Round two of Kentucky's bailout vote in the House: 3 ayes, 3 noes

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

A second effort to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the U.S. House found just one change among the Kentucky delegation from the roll call from the first effort earlier this week.

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) was the only Kentuckian in the House to change his vote from the Monday roll call, when the bailout package failed before the House.

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Mon, 09/29/2008 - 14:34

Whitfield 'reluctantly' opposed bailout package

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1726|title=U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=175|height=217]U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) joined 132 fellow Republicans and 95 Democrats - including both from Kentucky's Congressional delegation - in opposing today's economic bailout package in a vote on the floor of the U.S. House.

In a statement released today, Whitfield said he "reluctantly decided to oppose" the legislation for several enumerated reasons.

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Tue, 09/02/2008 - 07:10

Whitfield will stay in his district during RNC week

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS – U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) will not be joining Kentucky’s Republican delegation in St. Paul this week for his party’s national convention.

A spokesperson from Whitfield’s Washington office indicated the Congressman will be travelling in his 1st Congressional District throughout convention week.

Whitfield was initially selected as an “at-large” delegate to this week’s event at the state Republican convention in June.

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