Senate Democrats now say that they will not seek any compromise involving the DACA or DREAM Acts in return for a long-term spending bill, codifying an agreement made Monday to end a government shutdown - and officially abandoning progressive activists
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 5:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The next American Revolution will center around efforts to take power away from the federal government. The government shut-down is merely our incompetent and corrupt political system at work.
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 4:45 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Good afternoon. The President - a couple of updates here before we get started. The President has been briefed on the shooting at Marshall County High School in Kentucky
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, after news broke that the Senate Democrats had caved to Republicans on the government shutdown, earning a mere promise for a vote on immigration legislation, House Democrats opened fire on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), among others
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 12:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Senator Chuck Schumer Wins the 'Dumb-Ass of the Year' Award
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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President Trump has promised that the won't weaponize the government shut-down the way President Obama did.
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 4:17 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats forced a shutdown of the federal government
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 2:50 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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OMB is preparing for what we're calling the "Schumer shutdown." It still surprises me - and I've been through some of these before - that the Democrats in the Senate are opposing a bill that they don't oppose.
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 11:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We're talking about a lot of things. There are a lot of things to talk about. And we'll be talking about DACA also.
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following joint statement on the "Gang of Six" legislation
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 7:51 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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On Tuesday, President Trump completely undercut Democratic arguments that he is an insane child, holding a bipartisan discussion at the White House over the Congressional version of President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
Published: Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 @ 4:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Tonight, McClatchy posted a patently false story based exclusively on anonymous sources who provided false information to the publication in an attempt to attack Senator Tillis for his role in DACA-border security negotiations
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 12:38 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following joint statement on today's meeting between President Trump and Senate Republicans on solutions for DACA and border security
Published: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 @ 4:35 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Last week, Senator Thom Tillis and two of his colleagues introduced a bill called "The Succeed Act," which stands for "Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education and Defending our nation."
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 @ 2:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yesterday President Trump issued a statement confirming his decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 1:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on the administration's expected announcement to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and on his intention to introduce legislation addressing the legal status of undocumented children
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2017 @ 3:46 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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An effort to cap the state income tax rate was removed quietly from the Senate's calendar on Wednesday, one day after that body's Finance Committee gave the proposed change to the N.C. Constitution a thumbs up
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly 20 members of the General Assembly, including several powerful veteran lawmakers, will not be running for re-election in 2016, and that number could swell as the candidate filing period that opens today at noon moves forward
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Folks in New Hanover County have Tammy Covil. Out in the Asheville area, they've now got former county board of education member Lisa Baldwin.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 6:24 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It sounds like something out of one of The Godfather movies, or the final days of Nixon. But the reports we're getting make that headline look like a real possibility.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 5:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina hospitals argue that dismantling regulations in the state's certificate of need laws would impair their ability to treat indigent patients. A research scholar at George Mason University's Mercatus Center says empirical studies conclude such dire warnings are little more than a...
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday's front page of the News & Observer features the North Carolina Hospital Association, a free-market lobbyist, and legislators battling over pending legislation that could potentially terminate the state's highly bureaucratic Certificate of Need (CON) law. Senator Tom Apodaca favors...
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 3:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released evidence received by the Judiciary Committee confirming that murder suspect Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez avoided deportation.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 6:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that RAUMEDIC, Inc. will be locating its first U.S. production facility and headquarters in Henderson County and creating 138 new jobs over the next five years...
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 6:54 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Late last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of a bill preventing President Barack Obama from bypassing Congress to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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That was an example of the kind of commentary we got during debate on traffic cameras in the North Carolina Senate.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 7:58 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina constitution requires a balanced budget. Gov. Pat and Speaker Thom got together and submitted a revised budget plan that does not balance.
Published: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 @ 6:06 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The state's second highest court has rejected an attempt by the General Assembly to specify the sole organization that can provide the training that's required of bail bondsmen. In its ruling, the N.C. Court of Appeals held that the 2012 law ran afoul of a provision in the state constitution prohibi
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate tax writers stepped closer Monday to reform proposals adopted by their House counterparts. The Senate Finance Committee's actions lifted hopes that a compromise could be pieced together before the General Assembly adjourns this summer.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate tentatively passed legislation Monday night to opt out of participation in several expensive provisions of Obamacare.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 12:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced Monday he plans to reappoint Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph) and Sen. Dan Soucek (R-Watauga) as co-chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education/Higher Education when the legislature convenes early next year.
Published: Monday, December 17th, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the 2012 short session of the General Assembly approaches adjournment, smaller health insurance companies are still fighting for a bill that they hope would make the industry more competitive in the state.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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