RALEIGH — Critics of pork-barrel spending came down hard on Congress's passage last week of a $286.4 billion transportation spending bill, but U. S. Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr -- both Republicans -- voiced their approval of what the legislation would do for North Carolina. The state is expected to receive nearly $5.1 billion in highway funding and more than $413 million for public transportation projects, according to an announcement made by Dole's office on Friday.
RALEIGH — Before her speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention in New York, Sen. Elizabeth Dole addressed media questions about her husband’s criticism of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and Kerry’s service in Vietnam. Appearing on CNN’s “American Morning” Monday, the North Carolina senator demurred when asked by host Bill Hemmer whether she agreed with former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole’s doubts about the severity of Kerry’s wounds in the Vietnam War, which led to his three Purple Heart medals. Later, on MSNBC, Dole was asked about her own future as a national politician.
Candidates for U.S. Senate are debating the issue of free trade, even though the economic and philosophical case for it was made two centuries ago by Adam Smith and others.
The Locke Foundation’s Agenda 2002 poll found Dole leading Bowles by eight points, with moderates and independents breaking in favor of the Republican. But the game isn’t over -- not just yet.
Elizabeth Dole a charter member of the "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?" Give us a break.
