Category: Congress

Barry & Bev’s economy, by the numbers

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I’ve just finished reading “Throw Them All Out” By Peter Schweitzer. It’s a well-documented look into how Members of Congress use

The Greensboro News & Record reported today that Congressman Howard Coble (R) will seek reelection to the U.S. House seat

A three judge panel in Raleigh refused this week to grant a request from Democrats and liberal activists to

You’ve heard a lot of talk lately about the federal STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT (SOPA). I’m sure you’ve seen that

Republican congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) is being hit hard by his GOP primary opponent Ken Fortenberry, a retired

The Tar Heel State’s unemployment rate exceeds the national average. Ol’ Bev keeps extending unemployment benefits for the

In May, Illario Pantano of New Hanover County — the 2010 GOP nominee for this congressional race —

Howard Coble, the Republican congressman representing North Carolina’s Sixth District, appears to be playing the part of Hamlet here

(I bet Pinehurst mayor — and faithful Haymaker reader Nancy Fiorillo — had a conniption and spit out her