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On Tuesday, Oct. 10th, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and House Majority Leader John Bell, R-Wayne, held a press conference to highlight continued funding in the state budget for the Veterans Justice Initiative (VJI).
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 12:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sens. Ted Budd, R-NC, and Thom TIllis, R-NC. signed on to a letter Wednesday, along with 11 other senators, to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, urging him to keep the U.S. Senate in session until all 12 appropriations bills have been debated and passed by the Senate.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One of the biggest champions of UFO transparency in Congress has reservations about the much-hyped disclosure legislation from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that is now being considered as part of the conference process
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 10:58 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Raleigh, NC – Today, state House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) filed the N.C. Farmland and Military Protection Act, House Bill 463, to prohibit China, Russia, Iran and other foreign adversaries and state-controlled entities from purchasing agricultural land
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 @ 5:46 am
By: ENC NOW
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On Dec. 8 at Raleigh’s City Club, panelists from both the left and right sides of the aisle were largely in agreement that North Carolina’s booming urban areas are not seeing enough homes being built for how quickly populations are growing
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh, NC – The NC House Republican Caucus today unanimously re-elected Representative John Bell (R-Wayne) as their House Majority Leader for the 2023-2024 legislative session.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 @ 12:41 am
By: ENC NOW
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Raleigh, NC – This week, state House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) filed HB 1001, Uniformed Civil Service Act, to provide employment protections for members of the North Carolina Civil Air Patrol
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democrat Senator Joe Manchin stunned people watching CSPAN on Thursday night over his visible reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s attack on Senate Republicans during a floor speech after Republicans threw Schumer a lifeline and helped him out of a crisis over raising the debt ceiling.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 8:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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Business Owners Rally Support for Bill Before Bipartisan Passage
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the NC House Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee gave unanimous approval to the No Veteran Left Behind Act (HB 370)
Published: Thursday, April 15th, 2021 @ 8:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers Argue No One Person Should Have Unilateral Authority to Shut Down State for Indefinite Time — Regardless of Party
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Comes on One-Year Anniversary of Gov. Cooper’s Statewide Emergency Order
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Representative John Bell (R-Wayne) and Senator Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) filed companion legislation (HB 91 and SB 103) to reduce and streamline unnecessary regulations to improve and expand access to care for children with autism.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 @ 8:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will deliver an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2021 @ 8:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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The NC House Republican Caucus today unanimously re-elected Representative John Bell (R - Greene, Johnston and Wayne) as their Majority Leader for the 2021-2022 legislative session.
Published: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 10:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell announced his endorsement of E.C. Sykes for North Carolina Secretary of State.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2020 @ 12:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff beginning Friday, May 1, 2020 until sunset on Monday, May 4, 2020 in honor of former NC State Senator and Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 3:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, on Monday, April 6, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of federal lawmakers in sending a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others to include funding for broadband internet in any further legislative response to the COVID-19
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 @ 2:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) issued the following statement after Harry Brown, the North Carolina State Senate Majority Leader, announced his retirement.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2019 @ 12:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Recently, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and all 51 Senate Republicans in sending a letter to the Supreme Court of the United States condemning Democrats’ recent threats to pack the Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 1:32 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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In the wake of Hurricane Florence making landfall in North Carolina, Tillis and Burr immediately began working with the North Carolina Congressional Delegation to secure disaster relief funding for the areas affected by the storm.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 7:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, it's my great honor to sign the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act into law. The people behind me and alongside of me have been working long and hard on this for - actually, for years.
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2018 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), David Perdue (R-GA) and 14 other senators asked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to expedite floor consideration on funding bills and President Trump's nominees, even if the Senate must work nights, weekends, and through the August state work period
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2018 @ 11:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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President Donald J. Trump listens to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a dinner with legislative leadership following meetings, Friday, January 5, 2018, at Camp David's Laurel Lodge, near Thurmont, Md.
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Spindale Town Councilman Ben Edwards said he was agitated when he learned House Majority Leader Mike Hager was running unopposed in House District 112, which the Republican had represented since 2011
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In his quest to restore the broken Democrat state machine in Raleigh, Roy Cooper continues to hope North Carolinians forget his record and history.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown and Gov. Pat McCrory waged a war of words Tuesday over the Onslow County Republican's proposal to rework the way local sales taxes are allocated.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Out of the blue, government goodies for solar energy providers has become the rage on Jones Street. No one really saw this coming.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2015 @ 2:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's so sad to hear Republicans mouthing platitudes similar to what you'd expect to hear from Barry Obama - or what you might read in the pages of Karl Marx's infamous manifesto
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 4:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Incoming House majority leader Mike Hager is trying to open up the decision making process in the General Assembly's lower chamber.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 7:44 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Most people need a manager. President Obama's boys are managed. It's just not making them any smarter.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 11:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The GOP majority on Jones Street has passed budget packages. The House and Senate versions are both in the ballpark of $20.6 billion (hundreds of millions higher than Bev Perdue's last budget).
Published: Saturday, June 15th, 2013 @ 11:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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).
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 8:51 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The article was about the failure of Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ proposal to win enough support to pass the Congress. The plan — identical to something Nancy Pelosi proposed in May — would keep the tax rates the same for anyone making up to $1 million a year.
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2012 @ 2:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There was an article in the 6/29 issue of the WDN (page 3, News Briefs) that said the NC backers of the NC private tuition law have given up (for now).
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2012 @ 4:46 am
By: Jim Bispo
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I don't often agree with Joe Hackney, the minority leader of the North Carolina House. A longtime Orange County representative who is retiring this year, Hackney previously served as majority leader and speaker.
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 @ 5:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is an epidemic of political whiplash being spread by North Carolina Democratic leaders. In 1996, then Senator Beverly Perdue voted for G.S. 51-1.2 - Marriages Between Persons of the Same Gender Not Valid.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Wednesday, April 6, about 800-1000 Tea Party and other conservative groups stood on the Capitol lawn in Washington DC to tell the government to "Cut Spending!"
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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