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teven C. LaTourette, an Ohio Republican who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in his party’s 1994 sweep of the chamber and stepped down after nine terms citing his frustration at rancorous partisanship, died Aug. 3 at his home in McLean, Va. He was 62. His former chief of staff, Dino DiSanto, confirmed his death. Mr. LaTourette was diagnosed in 2014 with pancreatic cancer and filed a claim against the government in May 2015 alleging that a Capitol physician had failed to inform him three years earlier of a lesion on his pancreas. Mr. LaTourette, a lawyer, won...

AP) — Former Rep. Steve LaTourette, gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, has filed a claim against the government over the treatment he received from his Capitol doctors, claiming they failed to pass along critical information about a lesion on the organ and the need for follow-up monitoring. LaTourette, R-Ohio, filed administrative claims against the government earlier this month in anticipation of filing a lawsuit later. But papers filed with a federal court in Washington last week say LaTourette “is likely to succumb to rapid physical and cognitive deterioration” and urge that he be allowed to testify now since he may...

The Establishment Republican-Leftist Alliance April 29, 2014 by Arnold Ahlert   74 During the first weekend in April, Republican leaders in the House and Senate held a retreat with the Republican Main Street Partnership on Florida’s Amelia Island. No ordinary conservative political powwow, the meeting brought together establishment Republicans and leftist-supported advocacy groups, whose shared interests include neutralizing the conservative grassroots movement and passing legislative items on the Left’s agenda. The meeting was hosted at the Ritz Carlton by the Republican Main Street Partnership’s offshoot “Main Street Advocacy.” Former Ohio Congressman and left-wing Republican Steve LaTourette fronts the group.  How left-wing?...

Not surprisingly, Ohio is filled with GOP members who serve as Boehner bootlickers, due to his presence in the state’s delegation. Conservatives have a lot of work to do in the critical Buckeye state. Ohio’s 14th district was represented by Steve LaTourette, the leader of the liberal-wing of the party, for 18 years. After becoming head of the liberal Republican Mainstreet Partnership, LaTourette left Congress to lead the fight against conservatives from the outside.

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WASHINGTON, D. C. - A controversial Super PAC headed by former GOP congressman Steve LaTourette has spent $44,000 on mailings against the Tea Party Republican who is challenging his handpicked successor in Congress, Russell Township GOP congressman Dave Joyce. Federal Election Commission records show the Defending Main Street SuperPAC that LaTourette launched to support centrist Republicans against Tea Party challengers bought mailers against Bainbridge Township state legislator Matt Lynch on March 18. FEC records show the group also spent $200,000 in March on door hangers to support the re-election of Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson, who chairs House Energy and...

Erick Erickson reported that Republicans John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy and 25 other Congress members will fly to Amelia Island next weekend to meet with a group dedicated to defeating conservatives in Congress. “Main Street Advocacy” is hosting the event at the Ritz Carlton – only the best for these sorts. Steve LaTourette, liberal Republican and former congressman, is the face of the group and a good friend of Boehner’s.

Ohio Rep. Matt Lynch (R-Bainbridge Twp.) is challenging incumbent Congressman Dave Joyce (R-OH 14) for the seat formerly held by Joyce’s friend Steve LaTourette, a lobbyist working to purge conservatives from the Republican Party. Lynch had planned to seek reelection in the 76th Ohio House District — until LaTourette’s daughter launched a campaign to oust him in the May 6 primary. Sarah LaTourette Kayser, running under her maiden name, issued a February 6 release with familiar talking points including a prominent reference to infrastructure spending, the bread and butter of her father’s union-backed political career. “Like many voters in the...

The internal battle between establishment and conservative Republicans has gained intensity recently, especially as more and more frustrated Americans align themselves with Tea Party values like limited government and individual liberty. Desperate to retain power, many in the party’s left wing choose to focus their efforts on fellow Republicans rather than the corrupt Democrats currently in charge of D.C. One of the latest examples of this disturbing trend came during a recent MSNBC segment featuring former Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette. Now the leader of a political action committee called “Defending Main Street,” the politico had some extremely harsh words for...

Oh how those Tea Party rubes are fouling the well-oiled political gears of Washington D.C. Have you heard of their latest shenanigans? Truly scandalous, and Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette does not like it one bit. Not even a smidge.What was the infraction that had earned them LaTourette’s scorn and label “Chuckleheads”? It is best we let Rep. LaTourette explain it himself: “I don’t know what the number is but say the number is 40 out of 240 – that’s not a repudiation of his (Speaker of the House John Boehner) leadership. That’s the same 40, 50 chuckleheads that all year...

Longtime Republican congressman Steve LaTourette of Bainbridge Township will announce his retirement from Congress tomorrow, according to GOP sources in Ohio and Washington, D.C.

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Here he is with some voters from Lake and Geauga Counties at 7 A.M. as they got off their bus. Steve thanked them for coming and took time to answer a few questions.

It seems Obama's star power is fading rapidly. The Treasury Appropriations bill was passed 219-209 yesterday in the House. The roll call shows that the 219 is 215 dems and 4 pubs. Tucked away in the bill is a provision that is a bit of extortion: No money can be used to obtain a financial ownership in any car manufacturer if that manufacturer deprives a car dealer of its economic right under its dealer agreement. Thump! The Cleveland Plain Dealer summarizes: "The measure would overturn bankruptcy court decisions to shutter 789 Chrysler dealers and more than 2,000 GM dealers. In...

Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) held a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the unexpected closing of five Chrysler plants. In response to the closures, Rep. LaTourette is introducing a bill to demand the Obama Administration to provide all information regarding the closing of all Chrysler plants and dealers nationwide.

The language is a bit crude.

U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette blasted Democrats Thursday for the removal of a stipulation that protected the ability of companies such as AIG to reward bonuses using federal money. LaTourette, R-Bainbridge Township, delivered an impassioned speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in which he opposed the $787 billion stimulus bill and its inclusion of $165 million in bonuses to AIG’s executives. He added that the bill does not undo the AIG bonuses or prevent other bonuses from being paid that were negotiated before Feb. 11, according to an e-mail from LaTourette spokeswoman Deborah Setliff. LaTourette described...

Jeffrey Lundgren is executed 10:31 a.m. Lucasville -- The state executed Jeffrey Lundgren this morning for killing a family of five in Kirtland in 1989. Lundgren was pronounced dead at 10:26 a.m., 24 minutes after corrections officials began placing shunts into his arm for the chemicals used in lethal injection. Lundgren, a cult leader who said Bible passages told him to kill the family, made a brief statement before he was executed. "I want to profess my love for God, my family, my children and my beloved Kathryn. I am because you are." The reference was to Kathryn Johnson, his...

2006 Congressional Election Cycle Has Begun  50 Republican Incumbents Undeserving of Support by Pro-life Voters   The Republican National Coalition for Life PAC is currently receiving phone calls from Republican candidates for Congress in the 2006 Republican primaries. Our usual practice is to mail our Candidate Questionnaire to Republican candidates in each district as soon as the filing deadlines are reached. When we receive the results of the questionnaire, they are recorded on our website at www.RNCLife.org so that voters can see for themselves it those seeking to represent them in Washington are truly pro-life. We hope that this service...

LaTourette doesn't let boundaries bind him Sunday, July 17, 2005 Sandy Theis Plain Dealer Columnist Washington -- Need something from Congress? Maybe a bridge or a road in Cleveland, or preservation of 1,200 civilian jobs that the Pentagon is threatening to cut? You could call your congressman, Dennis Kucinich, or your congresswoman, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, depending on whether you live on the west or east side of town. You'd be better off, however, leaving Cleveland and grabbing Steve LaTourette. The bearded, sixth-term congressman from Lake County has become Cleveland's most effective representative in Washington. "He is our champion," says one...