Tag: NC House

Here are my United Federation of Planets credentials. Can I vote NOW?

Posted on April 19, 2013April 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis and his team in the state House have pushed through a voter ID bill, but Jay DeLancey is NOT IMPRESSED: First, security. The

Time for Thom Tillis To Choose: Speaker OR Senate candidate

Posted on April 11, 2013April 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It’s one of the worst kept secrets in North Carolina that state House speaker Thom Tillis aspires to replace Kay Hagan in the United

The VOTER ID saga: House goes wobbly while Senate doubles down

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

I don’t understand. North Carolinians OVERWHELMINGLY approve of requiring photo ID in order to cast a vote in the state’s elections. Yet, the “conservative revolution” — at

Tillis 2012: Tolls are bad. Tillis 2013: Tolls are OK.

Posted on April 6, 2013November 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

A Mecklenberg County-based grassroots group has released some rather provocative video featuring state House speaker Thom Tillis. In the video, Tillis can be seen and heard addressing a

Gov. Pat seeking to “slow down” / derail NCGA’s anti-ObamaCare efforts

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Gov. Pat and his troops are headed to battle stations over the bill passed by the state Senate which blocks ObamaCare-related Medicaid expansion: Gov. Pat

Skip Stam: Statist Troublemaker?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem). Apparently, state

NC House GOP re-ups with Tillis, delays vote on other offices

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

It looks like we’re going to get two more years of Thom Tillis in the House chamber’s big chair. It also looks like proposal to alter the majority leader job

Thoughts on the NC House GOP leadership skirmish

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State House Republicans are meeting today to decide who will lead them through the next legislative session in Raleigh. A lot of the current leadership is running again, while a

NC’s “conservative revolution” rolls on: Tillis mulling taxpayer funds for Panther stadium renovation

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Oh, the things you learn two days after the election. It appears that North Carolina state House speaker — and Richard Morgan protégé — Thom Tillis is ready

TWO majority leaders? (NC’s “conservative revolution” marches on)

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The “honorables” on Jones Street are giving us quite an eye-opening preview of where things might be headed: House Republican leaders are considering creating two