"Deciphering Obama’s chemistry with Congress--or lack of it," LaTourette quoted in The Washington Post

January 11, 2015

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WASHINGTON — He hardly ever calls. When he does, it’s all business.

And that’s President Barack Obama’s vibe with top Democrats on Capitol Hill.

With Republicans, there’s even less chemistry.

But GOP congressional leaders don’t show much inclination to buddy up to the president, either.

When the president sits down with eight top legislators — four from each party — at the White House on Tuesday, there’s little expectation it will usher in a new era of comity and cooperation.

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Last month the Ohio Supreme Court appeared to have settled a question as to whether public bodies found to have violated the Open Meetings Act, R.C. 121.22 — the statute that generally requires public bodies to deliberate and make decisions out in the open — may cure their violations by simply redoing in the open what they failed to do in the first place.

The Ohio Senate continues to consider whether to adopt a measure advanced nearly unanimously by the Ohio House that would authorize many public bodies to conduct meetings virtually.

The Ohio Supreme Court determined that a township’s mailing and email lists, used for the purposes of distributing newsletters to residents and businesses, were subject to the Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43

"Deciphering Obama’s chemistry with Congress--or lack of it," LaTourette quoted in The Washington Post

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