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1	Title:	Ohio politics
	Creator:	Lamis, Alexander P.
		Usher, Brian.
	Publication:	Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,c2007.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 540-592) and index.
	Call #:	F34E L231 2007
	Extent:	xxx, 617 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
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2	Title:	William Mack Papers
	Creator:	Mack, William
	Dates:	1965-1970
	Abstract:	William Mack (born 1928) was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 21st District in 1970. He was also a candidate for Ohio state representative in 1968. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletter and printed publications of the Republican Congressional Committee, throwaways, posters, speeches, press releases, and printed source materials on campaign issues, relating principally to William Mack's congressional campaign, and tally sheets of votes cast in the 21st Congressional District (Cuyahoga County) elections of 1966 and 1968.
	Call #:	MS 3524
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Mack, William, 1928- \| Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Elections -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Campaign literature -- 1970 -- Republican Party. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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3	Title:	John Joyce Gilligan: an inventory of his papers and the records of his administration in the Ohio Historical Society: Collection 388
	Creator:	Ohio Historical Society
		Rieder, Thomas J.
	Publication:	Columbus, O.],1975.
	Call #:	Z6616 G481O3
	Extent:	149 p. 28 cm.
	Subjects:	Gilligan, John J. -- (John Joyce), -- 1921- -- Manuscripts -- Indexes \| Ohio. -- Governor (1971-1975 : Gilligan) \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Governors -- Manuscripts -- Indexes
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4	Title:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records, Series II
	Creator:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland
	Dates:	1935-1967
	Abstract:	The League of Women Voters was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of annual reports, correspondence, and subject files relating to the group's activities. This collection pertains to the activities and concerns of the women involved in the league, including the Ohio Constitution, public welfare, civil service, voter registration, and food inspection.
	Call #:	MS 4211
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	League of Women Voters of Cleveland. \| League of Women Voters of Cleveland -- Archives. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Voter registration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Constitutional law.
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5	Title:	James D. Nolan Papers
	Creator:	Nolan, James D.
	Dates:	1958-1968
	Abstract:	James D. Nolan was an Ohio political activist during the 1960s. He was active in the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party and was a member of the Citizens League. In 1961, Nolan filed a civil action in United States Sixth District Court to have the 1903 Hanna amendment to the Ohio Constitution voided on grounds that it violated the equal representation article of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Nolan won his suit on appeal to the United States Supreme Court in 1964. Nolan became the champion of legislative reapportionment in Ohio, delivering more than 900 speeches over a five year period. In 1966, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Ohio Secretary of State. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, newsletters, legal briefs, and newspaper clippings relating primarily to the issue of proportional representation in Ohio, as well as other states. Also included is a small amount of personal material, consisting of biographical and electioneering materials.
	Call #:	MS 4534
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Nolan, James D., 1922-1985. \| Constitutional law -- Ohio. \| Apportionment (Election law) -- Ohio. \| Apportionment (Election law) -- United States. \| Proportional representation -- Ohio. \| Proportional representation -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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6	Title:	Tales out of Congress
	Creator:	Young, Stephen Marvin, 1889-
	Publication:	Lippencott, Philadelphia,[1964]
	Call #:	E748 Y76A3
	Extent:	254 p. 21 cm.
	Subjects:	Young, Stephen Marvin, -- 1889-1984 \| United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography \| Legislators -- United States -- Biography \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Biography \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
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7	Title:	Ohio politics
	Creator:	Lamis, Alexander P.
		Sharkey, Mary Anne.
	Publication:	Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,c1994.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-382) and index.
	Call #:	F34E L231
	Extent:	xxii, 417 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
	Subjects:	Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 \| Ohio Politics and government 1951- \| Ohio Politics and government 1865-1950 \| Politics History \| Ohio
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8	Title:	Fun, cheap, and easy: my life in Ohio politics, 1949-1964
	Creator:	McGovern, Frances, 1927-
	Publication:	University of Akron Press, Akron, OH,2002.
	Notes:	Includes index.
	Call #:	F34HA M146A3
	Extent:	xi, 162 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
	Subjects:	McGovern, Frances, -- 1927- \| Ohio. -- General Assembly. -- House of Representatives -- Biography \| Women legislators -- Ohio -- Biography \| Legislators -- Ohio -- Biography \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Akron (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century \| Akron (Ohio) -- Biography
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9	Title:	We can do together: impressions of a recovering feminist first lady
	Creator:	Celeste, Dagmar Braun, 1941-
	Publication:	Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,c2002.
	Notes:	Includes index.
	Call #:	F34HA C392A3
	Extent:	xx, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
	Subjects:	Celeste, Dagmar Braun, -- 1941- \| Celeste, Richard F \| Governors' spouses -- Ohio -- Biography \| Feminists -- Ohio -- Biography \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Biography
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10	Title:	Call me Mike: a political biography of Michael V. DiSalle
	Creator:	Zimmerman, Richard G., 1934-
	Publication:	Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,c2003.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.
	Call #:	F34HA D611Z72
	Extent:	xx, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
	Subjects:	DiSalle, Michael V. -- (Michael Vincent), -- 1908- \| Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963 -- Friends and associates \| Governors -- Ohio -- Biography \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Toledo -- Biography \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Toledo (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 \| Ohio -- Biography
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11	Title:	Ralph Rudd Papers
	Creator:	Rudd, Ralph
	Dates:	1957-1962
	Abstract:	Ralph Rudd (b. 1915) was a state legislator from Lake County, Ohio, 19591962. Rudd championed numerous liberal causes such as unemployment compensation, minimum wage laws, workers' compensation, and the abolition of capital punishment. He also served as director of the Cleveland Civil Liberties Union and on the board of directors of the Ohio Consumers League. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to legislation of interest to Rudd, to his 1960 Republican opponent, C. Lee Mantle, and other topics. The collection pertains to Rudd's activities as a state representative and to legislation relating to such areas as unemployment compensation, school finance, capital punishment, and the Ohio Fair Employment Practices Commission.
	Call #:	MS 4274
	Extent:	4.00 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Rudd, Ralph, 1915- \| Fair Employment Practices Commission (Ohio) \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Lake County. \| Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Capital punishment -- Ohio. \| Insurance, Unemployment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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12	Title:	Lorain City Federation of Labor Records
	Creator:	Lorain City Federation of Labor
	Dates:	1932-1961
	Abstract:	The Lorain City Federation of labor was the central labor body of the American Federation of Labor in Lorain, Ohio prior to its merger with the Elyria AFL and the Lorain County CIO in 1961. It was founded as Lorain County Central Labor in 1917. The collection consists of minutes of the federation, 1932-1953; minutes of the merger committee and clippings, 1957-1961; and minutes and clippings of United Organized Labor of Lorain County, 1958.
	Call #:	MS 4168
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Lorain City Federation of Labor (Lorain, Ohio). \| American Federation of Labor. \| Congress of Industrial Organizations. \| Elyria Central Labor Union. \| Lorain County AFL-CIO Federation of Labor. \| American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. \| Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Lorain County. \| Labor -- Ohio -- Lorain County. \| Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio. \| Open and closed shop -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Right to labor -- Ohio. \| Trade-unions -- Ohio -- Lorain County. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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13	Title:	I've seen the elephant: an autobiography
	Creator:	Saxbe, William B.
		Franklin, Peter D.
	Publication:	Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,c2000.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.
	Call #:	E840.8 S272A3
	Extent:	xvi, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
	Subjects:	Saxbe, William B \| United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography \| Legislators -- United States -- Biography \| Attorneys general -- United States -- Biography \| Attorneys general -- Ohio -- Biography \| Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography \| Politicians -- Ohio -- Biography \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974 \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977 \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Ohio -- Biography
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14	Title:	Frank J. Lausche: Ohio's great political maverick : a biography
	Creator:	Odenkirk, James E. (James Ellis), 1928-
	Publication:	Orange Frazer Press, Wilmington, Ohio,c2005.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-417) and index.
	Call #:	E840.8 L388O3
	Extent:	495 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
	Subjects:	Lausche, Frank John, -- b. 1895 \| United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography \| Legislators -- United States -- Biography \| Governors -- Ohio -- Biography \| Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography \| Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Biography \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
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15	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 1
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1972-1976
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the U.S. Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	52.80 linear feet (54 containers)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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16	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1928-1995
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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17	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1928-1995
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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