Category: Congress

Pants on Fire: The Pilot’s editorial page

Posted on April 29, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There Steve goes again with his cheap shots, twisted facts and exaggerations in an unsigned editorial. I am really going to keep South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson BUSY this election

A seismic event in NCGOP congressional primaries?

Posted on April 29, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Political insiders suggest that there is a VERY good chance that Virginia Foxx could be the ONLY incumbent Republican Member of Congress from North Carolina to survive the

Fortenberry getting personal with McHenry in NC-10 GOP congressional primary

Posted on April 28, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Lincoln County newspaperman Ken Fortenberry is throwing everything but the kitchen sink at incumbent congressman Patrick McHenry in the race for the GOP nomination in the state’s 10th congressional district.

Pants on FIRE: Renee Ellmers and “traditional marriage”

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Second District congresswoman Renee Ellmers is airing an ad in the district which claims she fights for “traditional marriage between one man and one woman.” To

STILL waiting on those federal spending cuts

Posted on April 26, 2012April 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

You gotta love Congressman Allen West (R-FL). Love him because the mainstream media and the DC establishment HATE him. He says what needs to be said, and he backs up

Keep an eye on Ellmers

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Veteran politicos all over North Carolina’s Second Congressional District are telling me that the political establishment and the news media could be in for a heck

Gender moves to forefront of NC’s 2nd congressional district GOP race

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

DC Republicans are making a huge deal out of female Members of Congress taking the lead on the recently passed “Small Business Tax Cut.”

Lots of interest by GOP activists in NC’s 2nd congressional district

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The 2nd District GOP convention met Saturday in Sanford. Organizers were clearly caught off guard by the large turnout for the first meeting in the newly reconfigured 2nd.

Once you open the tax dollar spigot, it’s doggone tough to turn it off

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A story in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal illustrates this point beautifully: When the University of Wyoming needed an extra $10 million

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan: Big Money from Abortion Industry

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

This little gem popped up on Twitter tonight. A site called defundabortion.org gives a state-by-state breakdown of the top recipients of campaign contributions from abortion providers. According to this group, US