Tag: Congress

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

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

Speer making some noise in 2nd district U.S. House race

Posted on April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A lot of people just sit around and fume to their friends about how upset they are with Washington. Fayetteville resident Richard Speer is doing something about it. He’s filed

Tea Party groups flexing muscle in NC’s 2nd, 3rd and 10th congressional races

Posted on April 14, 2012April 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s been reported here previously that many prominent Tea Party leaders in the 2nd congressional district are abandoning Congresswoman Renee Ellmers and are gravitating toward GOP challenger Richard Speer of

Tea Party dumping Ellmers?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The fallout from a rather heated meeting in Pinehurst between local Tea Party leaders and Congresswoman Renee Ellmers has local activists ready to organize a district-wide revolt against Ellmers in the

#FAIL: Renee’s day in Pinehurst

Posted on April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn) had her debut before The Moore Republican Men’s Club at lunch today. Moore County was just added to her district, and Ellmers is

Moore County: STILL not in 2nd Congressional District ???

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The primary for U.S. House is one month away. The local and state boards of elections tell us that Moore County is NOW in the Second Congressional District. But U.S.

More on Ellmers campaign finances

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I got a nice note from Al Lytton, congresswoman Renee Ellmers’s chief of staff, this morning (while I was in church celebrating Easter): Brant,

Renee Ellmers: BROKE?

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If Congresswoman Renee Ellmers’s campaign reporting is accurate, she raised NO MONEY in the last two quarter of 2011, and had no money on hand in her campaign committee treasury

Politico: “Rough Future” for Ellmers & other GOP freshmen

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The reliably left-of-center Politico web site has pegged Congresswoman Renee Ellmers as one of a handful of GOP House freshmen who may have a bumpy