When a caucus rules the state Senate or the Ohio House in Columbus, it’s tough to dislodge, and not just because of gerrymandering. Whoever holds a majority has built-in leverage, because only the majority gets to decide which bills pass, and which don’t, meaning an investment in … oops … a donation to a General Assembly minority caucus is arguably a waste in purely economic terms. The Senate Republicans’ campaign fund drew some predictable donors, such as American Electric Power’s Committee for Responsible Government ($20,000). (Irony is lost on some people.) Complete coincidence, neither the Senate nor the House has repealed the part of scandal-wracked House Bill 6 that makes Ohio electricity consumers subsidize two cash-burning … uh … coal-burning … power plants in which AEP holds a stake. Senate Republicans’ midsummer report also reveals a few other coincidences. On Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court (4-3 Republican) will hear oral…
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