Ohio (#28)

George Sherrod
Challenges Facing Ohio’s Children
Voinovich Brown
498,000 Children Living in Poverty 186,000 Uninsured Children
(18.2%) (6.8%)
845,000 Children Receiving 602 Child Abuse Deaths
(30.3%) Government Health Care (2001-2008)
30,700 2-Year Olds Not Immunized 29% 4th Graders below Basic
(22.3%) Reading Levels
164,409 3 and 4 Year Olds not in a 36,106 Child Abuse Victims
15 (55.3%) preschool, nursery school, or 100
pre-kindergarten program

Ohio has had to address a FY2010 budget gap of $3.6 billion, representing 13.4% of the
general fund. In 2011, the state has to close a $3.2 billion deficit, 11.8% of the general
fund.
Impact of Legislation on Ohio’s Children
Equal Pay for Equal Work - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
(S.181, RCV#14, 1/22/2009)
There are 683,150 Ohio children living in a single-mother household. 540,251 of these children
Nay have a mother who works and stand to benefit from this law. Yea
Reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program
(HR.2, RCV#21, Amendment 75, 1/28/2009)
The reauthorization of this program will insure as many as 119,000 additional children, or
Nay 55.6% of the Ohio’s currently uninsured children. Yea
Economic Stimulus Package - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(S.1, RCV#64, On the Conference Report, 2/13/2009)
This stimulus legislation would provide substantial new resources to the children of Ohio, including:
$3,010,000,000 in relief for Medicaid costs. $440,700,000 services to children with
Medicaid which insures low-income children disabilities in Individuals with Disabilities
and seniors. Education Act (IDEA) funding.
$1,463,700,000 to prevent cuts to $68,140,840 in Emergency Child Care and
programs for school-aged children. Development Block Grant funds benefiting
8,180 children.
$478,600,000 for the Title I academic An increase in unemployment benefits to
achievement of the disadvantaged program. 666,416 families.
$91,400,000 for education programs $66,100,000 in emergency shelter grants
for 16,000 households.
$64,900,000 in additional child support $56,700,000 in youth training employment
enforcement matching funds. services.
566,000 children will benefit from the child $756,000,000 in food stamps for
Nay tax credit provisions of the legislation. 1,224,000 Ohio citizens. Yea
Expanding Volunteer Opportunities - The GIVE Act
(HR.1388, RCV#115, On Passage of the Bill, 3/26/2009)
The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act expands community service
programs including the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs, Learn
and Serve programs, and AmeriCorps.
Yea Yea
Gutting DC Gun Restrictions
(S.160, RCV #72, S.Amdt. 575, 2/26/2009)
This amendment was attached to the bill to provide voting rights to citizens of the District of
Columbia in the House of Representatives. A vote in favor of this amendment would gut the
District’s gun control laws without consent of the elected Representatives and voters in the city.
143 children in the District have died from firearms from 2000-2006, a rate higher than
Yea any state. Nay
Expanding Afterschool Programs
(S.Con.Res.13, RCV#137, S.Amdt.953, 4/2/2009)
If it had been included in the final budget resolution, this expansion would have provided
$49,000,000 more in 21st Century Community Learning Center funding which would have
Nay provided afterschool programs to 49,000 more Ohio children. Yea
 Ohio (#28)
George Sherrod
Challenges Facing Ohio’s Children
Voinovich Brown
498,000 Children Living in Poverty 186,000 Uninsured Children
(18.2%) (6.8%)
845,000 Children Receiving 602 Child Abuse Deaths
(30.3%) Government Health Care (2001-2008)
30,700 2-Year Olds Not Immunized 29% 4th Graders below Basic
(22.3%) Reading Levels
164,409 3 and 4 Year Olds not in a 36,106 Child Abuse Victims
15 (55.3%) preschool, nursery school, or 100
pre-kindergarten program

Ohio has had to address a FY2010 budget gap of $3.6 billion, representing 13.4% of the
general fund. In 2011, the state has to close a $3.2 billion deficit, 11.8% of the general
fund.
Increasing Funding for Children’s Programs in 2010 Budget
(S.Con.Res.13, RCV #173, On the Conference Report, 4/29/2009)
This resolution would provide the funds for the programs highlighted in President Obama’s
budget, including:
• Tax cuts for the families of millions of • The Nurse Home Visitation program
children
• Energy assistance to low-income families • The Project-Based Rental Assistance Program
• Nutrition assistance • Preventing teen pregnancy
• Rewarding excellent teachers • Health coverage for children
• Down payment on the President’s “Zero to • Making the $2500 American Opportunity Tax
Nay Five” plan Credit permanent Yea
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
(S.896, RCV#185, On Passage of the Bill, 5/6/2009)
The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act will expand eligibility for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, and
expand the HOPE for Homeowners program. There were 215,184 foreclosures in Ohio in
Yea 2008 and 2009 Many of those losing their homes were families with children. Yea
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
(HR.1256, RCV #206, On the Cloture Motion, 6/10/2009)
This bill protects children and teens by granting the Food and Drug Administration authority to
regulate the advertising, marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products. 13% of Ohio
Nay children have smoked in the last 30 days. Yea
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(HR.3590, RCV#396, On Passage of the Bill, 12/24/2009)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the bill to reform the nation’s health insurance system
will have many positive benefits for children. It will:
• Immediately ban denial of coverage for • Covering millions of children in this
children based on pre-existing conditions comprehensive program
• Extend funding for the Children’s Health • Require coverage for basic pediatric services
Insurance Program and the adoption tax under all health plans as well as oral and
credit to 2016 vision coverage
• Offer health insurance through an Exchange • Ensure through a health insurance Exchange
to families without job-based coverage, or that children have access to affordable child-
are not eligible for government programs, only health insurance policies, regardless of
and provide premium assistance to those whether their parents change jobs, leave a
who can’t afford it job, move, or get sick
• Add billions of dollars for community health • Establish a Pregnancy Assistance Fund assist
centers, which will improve access and teenaged mothers, allow children to stay on
delivery of care for millions of children their parents’ health insurance until the age
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• Expand Medicaid eligibility to children in • Allow foster care children aging out of
families from 100% of poverty to 133% of Medicaid to retain their comprehensive
Nay poverty coverage Yea
 Ohio (#28)

Steve Driehaus ‐ Ohio ‐ District #1 
Cincinnati and Western Suburbs 
150,984 – Children <18 in District 35,844 (24.1%) – Children Living in Poverty

100   
27.1% – Share of Households with Children  14,142 (9.4%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 

Jean Schmidt ‐ Ohio ‐ District #2 
Cincinnati and Eastern Suburbs; Portsmouth; Sharonville 
169,416 – Children <18 in District 20,007 (12. %) – Children Living in Poverty

23   
31. % – Share of Households with Children  11,750 (6.9%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Nay  Nay Yea Nay Nay  Nay  Nay
 

Michael Turner ‐ Ohio ‐ District #3 
Dayton; Kettering 
154,526 – Children <18 in District 27,460 (18.2%) – Children Living in Poverty

53   
29.9% – Share of Households with Children  12,028 (7.8%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Nay Yea Nay Nay  Nay  Nay
 

Jim Jordan ‐ Ohio ‐ District #4 
Mansfield; Lima; Findlay; Marion 
148,634 – Children <18 in District 26,520 (18.2%) – Children Living in Poverty

12  29.9% – Share of Households with Children  8,567 (5.8%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
    Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Nay  Nay Yea Nay Nay  Nay  Nay
 

Robert Latta ‐ Ohio ‐ District #5 
Bowling Green; Tiffin; Fremont; Defiance 
147,060 – Children <18 in District 20,755 (14.5%) – Children Living in Poverty

21  30.6% – Share of Households with Children  8,293 (5.7%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
    Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Nay  Nay Yea Nay Nay  Nay  Nay
 
 
 
 
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Charles Wilson ‐ Ohio ‐ District #6 
Boardman; Athens; Steubenville; Marietta 
127,206 – Children <18 in District 29,279 (23.2%) – Children Living in Poverty

100  27.2% – Share of Households with Children  7,049 (5.6%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
    Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 

Steve Austria ‐ Ohio ‐ District #7 
Springfield; Columbus; Beavercreek; Lancaster 
167,795 – Children <18 in District 28,342 (17.2%) – Children Living in Poverty

41   
31.6% – Share of Households with Children  12,775 (7.6%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Nay Yea Nay Nay  Nay  Nay
 

John Boehner ‐ Ohio ‐ District #8 
Hamilton; Middletown; Dayton 
160,585 – Children <18 in District 21,096 (13.4%) – Children Living in Poverty

16   
30.9% – Share of Households with Children  10,740 (6.7%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Nay  Nay Yea Nay NV Nay  Nay
 

Marcy Kaptur ‐ Ohio ‐ District #9 
Toledo, Sandusky 
149,144 – Children <18 in District 34,104 (23.1%) – Children Living in Poverty

90   
27.9% – Share of Households with Children  9,286 (6.2%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 

Dennis Kucinich ‐ Ohio ‐ District #10 
Cleveland and Western Suburbs 
133,765 – Children <18 in District 26,555 (20. %) – Children Living in Poverty

91   
25.8% – Share of Households with Children  7,489 (5.6%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Nay,Yea
 
 
 
 
 
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Marcia Fudge ‐ Ohio ‐ District #11 
Cleveland and Eastern Suburbs 
130,778 – Children <18 in District 38,614 (29.9%) – Children Living in Poverty

100  25. % – Share of Households with Children  7,771 (6. %) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
    Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 

Patrick Tiberi ‐ Ohio ‐ District #12 
Columbus and Eastern Suburbs 
182,679 – Children <18 in District 27,541 (15.2%) – Children Living in Poverty

38   
32.6% – Share of Households with Children  12,849 (7. %) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Nay Yea Nay Nay  Nay  Nay
 

Betty Sutton ‐ Ohio ‐ District #13 
Akron; Lorain; Elyria; Cuyahoga Falls 
152,551 – Children <18 in District 26,383 (17.4%) – Children Living in Poverty

100  29. % – Share of Households with Children  9,577 (6.3%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
    Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 

Steven LaTourette ‐ Ohio ‐ District #14 
Northern Shore; Geauga Co.; Mentor; Stow 
154,772 – Children <18 in District 20,378 (13.2%) – Children Living in Poverty

53   
31. % – Share of Households with Children  11,649 (7.5%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Nay Yea Yea Nay  Nay  Nay
 

Mary Jo Kilroy ‐ Ohio ‐ District #15 
Columbus and Western Suburbs 
163,747 – Children <18 in District 30,392 (18.7%) – Children Living in Poverty

100   
29. % – Share of Households with Children  12,415 (7.6%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 
 
 
 
 
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John Boccieri ‐ Ohio ‐ District #16 
Canton; Medina; Alliance 
154,573 – Children <18 in District 23,390 (15.3%) – Children Living in Poverty

97   
30.3% – Share of Households with Children  13,057 (8.5%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Nay,Yea
 

Timothy Ryan ‐ Ohio ‐ District #17 
Akron; Youngstown; Warren; Kent 
129,788 – Children <18 in District 30,398 (23.8%) – Children Living in Poverty

100   
24.6% – Share of Households with Children  7,992 (6.2%) – Uninsured Children 

Selected Votes 
  Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea
 

Zachary Space ‐ Ohio ‐ District #18 
Zanesville; Chillicothe; Newark 
153,801 – Children <18 in District 31,329 (20.8%) – Children Living in Poverty

91  31.1% – Share of Households with Children  19,671 (12.8%) – Uninsured Children

Selected Votes 
    Early 
Children’s  Green  Labor HHS  Learning  Health 
S‐CHIP  Stimulus  Vision Act  Schools  Funding  Grants  Reform 
  Yea  Yea Yea Yea Yea  Yea  Yea,Nay