Eat your bagel and listen to my agenda

Sen. George Voinovich, a Republican from Cleveland, hosted eight Ohio reporters who are based in Washington in the conference room of his Capitol Hill office for breakfast this morning so the former two-term governor, who just won his second six-year term in the U.S. Senate, could go over his agenda.

The four-page list of items on his agenda, which he passed out to reporters, covered everything from energy independence and ethics reform to clean air issues and Nuclear Regulatory Commission oversight.
But that’s not what reporters asked the bulk of their questions about…

The ever-blunt Voinovich soon began spouting off on a litany of issues, such as changing his mind over U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, whose nomination he had stridently opposed. He also blasted Sen. Russ Feingold’s bill to censure President Bush for the Iraq war, calling it “irresponsible,” and explained why he plans to help defeat the proposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation (TEL) amendment, which GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell has backed.

The following blog posts include more details on the senator's comments, some of which also will appear in tomorrow's Enquirer. What do you think? Do you agree? Disagree? Tell us.