Last go around, the House sent 28 total conferees (including ONE Democrat). This year, House leaders have appointed EIGHTY-TWO of the 120 House members to the conference committee. That crowd
Continue readingThings are supposedly winding down in Raleigh. The GOP-controlled House and Senate are at an impasse over a state budget. Word is that staff and non-essential legislators will be sent
Continue readingThe Moral Monday rabble dirtying up the streets in Winston-Salem right now likes to tell us how North Carolina is going to hell in a handbasket since the GOP took over
Continue readingFreedomWorks — the flagship organization of the Tea Party — has issued scorecards for the current session of Congress that show Second District representative Renee Ellmers as the most liberal
Continue readingThe race for the Second Congressional District is usually settled in the GOP primary. Since 2012, those primaries have been contentious affairs featuring under-funded, lesser-known Tea Party candidates going after
Continue readingWe’ve got rampant unemployment. We are accumulating debt faster than our economy can produce value. Our borders are being overrun by illegal immigrants. ObamaCare is crippling the economy and killing
Continue readingThey’re having a hard time finding someone to step up to the plate and challenge North Carolina’s senior US senator, but that hasn’t affected national Democrats’ attitude about North Carolina
Continue readingThe cloud of ethics scandal has wafted over from Jones Street to the state board of elections. Apparently, another Republican officeholder — also an attorney — is needing a bit
Continue readingThe drivebys and the “wise men” in DC and on Wall Street are tut-tutting about the mess in Greece. (Thom Tillis says his “ancestral homeland” could learn something from North
Continue readingFor the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website. Moore ran for speaker promising
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