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Mixed Signals Coming Out Of Raleigh GOP
On the sequester, automatic federal budget cuts scheduled to go into effect March 1st. Governor Pat McCrory said that he would hold meetings Tuesday to try to understand how the roll back of federal funds might affect North Carolina. Does it really matter, Thom Tillis, GOP NC House leader has already said there is no…
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To Gov Pat McCrory: Responsibility Is A Two Way Street.
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 4 limiting North Carolina unemployment insurance to twenty weeks and capping the maximum benefit to $350 dollars a week in the name of responsible government. Interesting, because responsible government is surely an illusive creature in Raleigh these days. Wouldn’t it have been prudent and somewhat more responsible…
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Reps. Butterfield, Price and Watt to General Assembly: Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Would Hurt N.C. Economy, Devastate Working Families
Washington, D.C. – North Carolina Representatives David Price (NC-04), G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Mel Watt (NC-12) urged the North Carolina House of Representatives to reject Senate Bill 4, which would keep as many as 500,000 North Carolinians from gaining access to affordable, quality health care through the federally-funded expansion of Medicaid included in the Affordable…
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Even If NC GOP Policies Could Work They’re Putting The Cart Before The Horse. We Just Don’t Have Enough Jobs.
Let’s call it what it is: The GOP and those that voted the Republicans in office think that too many people are sitting around collecting unemployment checks and just don’t want to get a job. They’re sick and tired of watching people abuse the system with taxpayer money. The NC GOP may think they have…
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Republicans v. Democrats: How Gun Control Is Different.
Rarely in Washington does an issue come to light that does not have a predetermined political outcome. The fiscal cliff (or non-fiscal cliff as I called it) was decided by both Democrats and Republicans long before December 31st. The raising of the debt ceiling has already been decided by the Beltway movers and shakers. You’ll…
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Justice Thomas Speaks in Open Court for First Time Since February 22, 2006.
Reprinted With Permission: NY Times Justice Thomas Breaks Long Silence By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly seven years — he spoke. But what Thomas said is not clear, other than he appears to have joked about Ivy…
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