Tag: US House

Lil’ Pat McHenry and his purty bowtie are very, very woke.

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of you on the eastern side of the state may not be familiar with McHenry. He’s been in elected office in western North Carolina since right after his college

Is MTG the new Nee-Nee?

Posted on January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We suffered through years with the horrid Renee “Nee-Nee” Ellmers as our congressional “representative”. During her decline, but before the fall, Nee-Nee was being talked about for her close relationship with

Bishop signals the END might be near

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Dan Bishop — our only hope in North Carolina’s US House delegation — laid it all out for Fox’s Larry Ludlow: Friday on FBN’s “Kudlow,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) boasted

Bishop steps out as leading critic of Omnibu$$$ spending bill

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For far too long, our congress-critters from NC have sat quietly and gone along with US House leadership on many a hare-brained scheme. We had Mark Meadows, for a short

Is Elise Stefanik REALLY better than Liz Cheney?

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Brant Clifton

One candidate for House leadership — Elise Stefanik — gave a great speech on the House floor defending President Trump from impeachment. The other — incumbent Liz Cheney —

Welcome to The Biden era, part II

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by Brant Clifton

A Democrat member of the US House offered a prayer today that he ended with “A-Women”, instead of “Amen.” Nancy Pelosi is taking things a step further: […]

#ncpol NC-02: Radio hosts weighing in GOP field for US House

Posted on January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Religious right leader and national radio host James Dobson has already thrown his support behind Kay Daly. Now, Erick Erickson — founder of the RedState blog, a Georgia-based national radio host,

US House Republicans and those ObamaCare votes

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Brant Clifton

All of us have heard the spin plenty of times from our “favorite” GOP member of the US House. Republicans have voted 30 — no, 40 — make that, 50

NC-03: GOP challenger Griffin wants to offer “conservative choice” to voters

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Year after year, challengers from both parties have come after incumbent Walter Jones with both barrels blazing. And year after year, Jones keeps going back for a new term in

NC-02: Getting franked by Renee Ellmers

Posted on January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The GOP primary challengers in congressional districts 2 and 3 were in The N&O today bashing the GOP incumbents for allegedly using their congressional franking (AKA free mailing) privileges for