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Raise legislator pay? (Better idea: limit their time in session, scope of influence)

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Colon Campbell has escaped from the men’s room (AND the dungeon-like N&O newsroom) to fill the shoes of the late Mark Binker over at The Insider. He’s starting off by

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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‘Tricky Dick’ Burr: “I’m Sam Ervin! I’m SAM, I am!” ( Jim Morrill SAID so.)

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The president is trying to rally his troops to deal with arguably the worst crisis facing the country, and Richard Burr is preoccupied with FANTASY: President Trump told GOP senators

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Burr
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The ObamaCare Hustle

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It’s easy to talk big and tough about cutting stuff when you KNOW your grand-standing is going to get vetoed by the president.  But it’s a whole new ballgame —

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
5 comments

#ncga: Effectiveness, Shmeffectiveness.

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Civitas is out with their Conservative Effectiveness ratings for the 2017 North Carolina General Assembly. First of all, I’m taking a little bit of an exception with some of the

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Mr. Twiddy Goes to Raleigh (in 2020?)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It’s the worst kept secret in the world that Lt. Governor Dan Forest is seeking to evict Roy Cooper from that big house on Raleigh’s Blount Street in 2020. That

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncpol: Solar goons teaming with Hudson to sink claws into tax $$$ for hydropower?

Posted on July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 by Brant Clifton

That’s what it looks like.  Here’s an excerpt from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s schedule for the House floor this coming week:   Check out HR 2786, sponsored by Rep. Richard

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Hudson
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Pittenger: Change The Rules. Here’s Some Cash. (Remember to vote.)

Posted on July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Conservatives have long had heartburn over the very existence of government departments of agriculture.  Far too often, those institutions have been little more than farm community vote-buying apparatuses. In recent

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Uncategorized
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GOPe keeping ObamaCare taxes, too.

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

We heard earlier from Rand Paul about his disgust over his colleagues’s ObamaCare hijinks.  Now comes word, via The Wall Street Journal, that Senate Republicans are A-OKAY with the taxes

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#nc-03: “Outsider” Dacey hits up DC lobbyist pals for cash (Oh, yeah. We’ve got mail!)

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Walter Jones’s challenger in the 3rd district, Scott Dacey, is making a big deal out of Jones’s lengthy tenure in DC and playing up his own service to the

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Rand Paul: GOPe KEEPING ObamaCare!

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Brant Clifton

That’s what the gentleman from Kentucky says today: I miss the old days, when Republicans stood for repealing Obamacare. Republicans across the country and every member of my caucus campaigned

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Congress, Media, Politics
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