Senate Resolution 36, calling for a constitutional convention of states, failed by a 53-59 vote in the closing hours of the legislative session. Critics of the bill voiced concerns over the ambiguity of how a convention of states would be organized, and several legislators said the country is not in a condition dire enough to call a convention to propose new constitutional amendments. The bill’s sponsors,...
A resolution calling for a constitutional convention of states may get a vote in the N.C. House after it passed a Wednesday committee vote . Senate Joint Resolution 36 is sponsored by several Republicans and aims to call a constitutional convention under the powers given to state legislatures in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The Senate...
RALEIGH — One of the Democratic Party’s key selling points is that Democrats favor the little guy struggling against Big Business and other powerful forces. But Tim Carney, senior political columnist for the Washington Examiner, has spent much of his career detailing the relationship between Big Business and Big Government, and he’s spent the past three years highlighting that relationship within a Democratic administration in Washington. Carney discussed his work with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — The Heritage Action for America legislative scorecard ranks lawmakers on 30 votes and five co-sponsorships in the House and 19 votes and 4 co-sponsorships in the Senate.
RALEIGH — A public policy organization praised North Carolina’s Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. Sue Myrick, both Republicans, for being two of the most fiscally conservative legislators on issues such as tax cuts, pork barrel spending, and free trade, the group reports in its 2007 congressional report card.
RALEIGH — The Club for Growth released its 2007 Senate RePORK Card on Monday, which scored all U.S. senators’ votes on 15 anti-pork amendments in 2007, and determined that N.C. Sen. Richard Burr met the club’s earmark-reducing standards perfectly.
Debate about No Child Left Behind’s (NCLB) accountability provisions continues to simmer as Congress embarks on the law’s lengthy reauthorization process. Passed five years ago as President George W. Bush’s signature education legislation, NCLB has struggled mightily under the weight of high expectations.
RALEIGH — No teapot museums. No wood utilization research. No visitor's center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Instead, this year pork-barrel spending was dramatically reduced compared to recent years.
One of the political surprises on July 20 was how little the issue of trade seemed to matter in competitive U.S. House races. That bodes well for our economic future.
Contrary to predictions, Carolina voters -- particularly Republicans -- were quite willing to turn out legislative incumbents in the primary elections held last week.
